Comment by CuriouslyC
1 day ago
People would still be griping about how it devalues the hard work artists have put in, "isn't real art" and all the other things. The only difference is the public at large would be telling them to put a sock in it, rather than having some sympathy because of deceptive articles about how big tech is stealing from hardworking artists.
Yes they're two different issues from AI:
- LLMs were trained on copy protected content and devaluing the input a worker puts into creating original work
- LLMs are a tool for generating statistical variations and refinements of work, this doesn't devalue the input but makes generating output easier
Form vs Function issues. So it would be preferable to give people a legal pathway to continue making money and own their work instead of allowing their work to be vacuumed up by the people at corporations looking to automate them away. The functional issue still exists but doesn't put your personal work at risk of theft/abuse outside of it's economic intent. Then the social stigma doesn't really matter because "an LLM is just a tool" is now a solid argument not causing abuse or deterioration of existing legal protections.