Comment by _djo_
7 days ago
They're not reproducing the information verbatim and with the ability to definitively reference its source. Moreover, not all AI companies are going to get the same books and therefore the same training set, and as companies go bankrupt, training sets are changed, and models abandoned, that information might disappear entirely.
It's not at all the same thing as still having the books themselves available somewhere.
On the other hand, the book can only be in one place and read by one person at a time.
People may not even know the book exists or that it contains the information they want. Obtaining access to a copy may be very difficult, even if it is not particularly rare. The AI is much more accessible.
Then find a way to make them digitally available, verbatim, like Google Books attempted to do. I'm sure with the power that AI companies have they can have legislation amended to make it happen.
You're defending the indefensible here.
You are defending something that makes no sense. If you want to get mad at something get mad at copyright law.
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Lol, as if they can just get copyright reform passed because they asked nicely for it.
They can't legally publish the digital copies, and you know it. Training is fair use but direct copies are not.