• afwsf3@alien.topB
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    1 year ago

    Why is it okay for a human to read and learn from copyrighted materials, but its not OK for a machine to do so?

    • raisinbrahms02@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Because human beings have rights and machines don’t and shouldn’t. Humans read for enjoyment and self fulfillment. These AI machines only read for the purpose of regurgitating a soulless imitation of the original. Not even remotely similar.

    • Sansa_Culotte_@alien.topB
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      1 year ago

      Why is it okay to own furniture, but not people?

      By the way:

      its not OK for a machine to do so

      There are no machines that read and learn. “machine learning” is a technical term that has nothing to do with actual learning.

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        1 year ago

        There are no machines that read and learn.

        That’s exactly what Language Learning Models do.

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          That’s exactly what Language Learning Models do.

          I can see how you would come to that conclusion, given that you clearly are incapable of either.

      • ApexAphex5@alien.topB
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        I guess you think “neural networks” work nothing like a brain right?

        Of course machines can read and learn, how can you even say otherwise?

        I could give a LLM an original essay, and it will happily read it and give me new insights based on it’s analysis. That’s not a conceptual metaphor, that’s bonafide artificial intelligence.

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          I think anyone who thinks neural nets work exactly like a brain at this point in time are pretty simplistic in their view. Then again you said “like a brain” so You’re already into metaphor territory so I don’t know what you’re disagreeing with.

          Learning as a human and learning as an LLM are just different philosophical categories. We have consciousness, we don’t know if LLMs do. That’s why we use the word “like”. Kind of like, “head-throbbed heart-like”.

          We don’t just use probability. We can’t parse 10,000,000 parameter spaces. Most people don’t use linear algebra.

          A simulation of something is not equal to that something in general.

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        I fail to see how training an LLM with the material I choose is any different than me studying that material. Artists are just mad I can make awesome pictures on my graphics card.

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        What? We as human literally learn through pattern recognition. How is it different that what a machine is doing? Of course it is not exactly the same process our brains do, but it is by no means a “metaphor”.

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        What’s the connection between owning slaves and using computer tools? I don’t really follow this jump in logic.

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            I think they were talking about people slaves, not computer networks. The person above them asked why humans can learn from copyright materials, but machines aren’t allowed to. The next person asked why we can own furniture but not people. To me this seems like they are saying we don’t own slaves for the same reason computer programs shouldn’t be allowed to learn from copyright materials. I’d say we don’t own slaves because as a society we value and believe in individuality, personal choice, and bodily autonomy, and I don’t see how these relate to dictating what content you train computer models on.

      • BiasedEstimators@alien.topB
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        Neural networks aren’t literally bundles of biological neurons but that doesn’t mean they’re not learning.

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      Pretty sure humans paid for the materials. That’s the whole point. Authors have to be compensated for their work.

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      1 year ago

      Machines don’t have inspiration. They only do advanced versions of copy paste

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        It’s funny you say that because now that I think about it, inspiration basically is advanced copy and paste

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          1 year ago

          Except a human gets inspiration from their environment, their life, their emotions. Unique experiences.

          A bot only gets “inspiration” from other people’s work. And if that work is copyrighted… The author deserves compensation

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            Your argument boils doen to the fact humans have a more diverse data set. This is a terrible legal basis.

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              What are you saying… It’s not about the amount of information, it’s about whether the source of information is copyrighted work or not.

              Monet cultivated his own garden and painted the famous water lillies. That is 100% original work. No argument possible

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                Your environment, emotions, and experiences are simply different forms of data and sources to pull from. Most stories are in some way inspired by other stories.