Comment by CamperBob2
7 months ago
Yep, broadly capable open models are on track for annihilation. The cost of legally obtaining all the training materials will require hefty backing.
This will have the effect of empowering countries (and other entities) that don't respect copyright law, of course.
The copyright cartel cannot be allowed to yank the handbrake on AI. If they insist on a fight, they must lose.
For that matter, how dare the government fine me for dumping waste in the river, and stop me from employing minors? Don't they know it will ruin the economy?
Copyright is something we invented from thin air, and relatively recently at that. Meanwhile, refraining from fouling their own nests is something that most animals have accomplished instinctually for millions of years.
So, not really comparable.
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We spun "intellectual property" law from whole cloth. We'll need to reweave it now. Deal with it.
Rewriting does not mean destroying, as the cannibalization of news reporting by social media should have taught us.
It's entirely possible for something to be suboptimal in the specific (I would like this thing for free), but optimal on the whole (society benefits from this thing not being free).
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The right to own property and the fruits of one's labor is a fundamental natural right, not something we "spun from whole cloth."
Deal with it.