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What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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Re: What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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AI laundering is a great name for the GenAI IP/copyright reproduction problem.

I mean… is circumventing the completely broken US IP system really a problem?

Depends if you fear the US legal system!

Re: What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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British VC firms like the one quoted by this article do not have the scale, reach, money or experience to talk about these things in a meaningful way. With the UK economy in shambles, do they think their views have much value? I think they need to prove that they can run their country in a somewhat efficient manner first before commenting on technology.

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Re: What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean… is circumventing the completely broken US IP system really a problem?

IMO, it is when it invalidates the GPL and only certain people can do it (the people who can pay for GenAI access).

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Re: What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I mean… is circumventing the completely broken US IP system really a problem?

IMO, it is when it invalidates the GPL and only certain people can do it (the people who can pay for GenAI access).

most of the significant generative AI runs on a potato, and runs well on any modern GPU, obviously SotA models have worth but I have not touched a paid service since Llama was leaked and I use AI a ton in my day to day, for the rote replacing stack overflow type shit I used ChatGPT for a local copy of llama, gemma, mixtral or whatever is more than enough

Re: What is 'AI washing' and why is it a problem?

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British VC firms like the one quoted by this article do not have the scale, reach, money or experience to talk about these things in a meaningful way. With the UK economy in shambles, do they think their views have much value? I think they need to prove that they can run their country in a somewhat efficient manner first before commenting on technology.

There absolutely is plenty of AI washing in the entrepreneurship space, but I do agree with you about the lackluster British VC scene (and the even more morose mainland European scene). > do they think their views have much value You're talking about it... And it is the BBC - the British Broadcasting Corporation. But imo, this is why I don't read non-trade papers. They lack the context and tend to be fairly late at i…

I am not sure why this comment was downvoted. I just discovered The Diplomat thanks to this and I paid the 80 bucks for the full sub. Haha, thank you.
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