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Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP.

If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should rightfully attach.

And it should attach to the human, not the tool.

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP. If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should r…

Right! AI developers and directors should be culpable for infringement as part of their duties to larger organizations.

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP. If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should r…

Assuming you can identify it's someone else's IP. Clearly these are hugely contrived examples, but what about text or code that you might not be as familiar with?

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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post #4

And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP. If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should r…

Assuming you can identify it's someone else's IP. Clearly these are hugely contrived examples, but what about text or code that you might not be as familiar with?

It doesn't matter. Sue whoever uses it commercially.

If you insist on making it about the model, you will wreck something wonderful.

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP. If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should r…

Right! AI developers and directors should be culpable for infringement as part of their duties to larger organizations.

Is that really a good-faith rejoinder to the point I'm making?

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Assuming you can identify it's someone else's IP. Clearly these are hugely contrived examples, but what about text or code that you might not be as familiar with?

It doesn't matter. Sue whoever uses it commercially. If you insist on making it about the model, you will wreck something wonderful.

Ah, so don't use the outputs of an LLM commercially?

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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> Still, the near perfect mimicry is an uncomfortable reminder that AI is getting better at copying and closer to

I completely disagree. It's not getting "better." It always just copied. That's all it /can/ do. How anyone expected novel outputs from this technology is beyond me.

It's highly noticeable if you do a minimal analysis, but all modern "AI" tools are just copyright thiefs. They're just there to whitewash away liability from blatantly stealing someone else's content.

Re: An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip

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And? What's the model supposed to do? It's just doing what many human artists would do, if they're not explicitly being paid to create new IP. If infringement is happening, it arguably doesn't happen when an infringing work product is generated (or regurgitated, or whatever you want to call it.) Much less when the model is trained. It's when the output is used commercially -- by a human -- that the liability should r…

>> "a photo image of an intergalactic hunter who comes to earth in search of big game."

I can literally imagine hundreds of things that are true to this description but entirely distinct from "Predator."

> used commercially

Isn't that what these AI companies are doing? Charging you for access to this?

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