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Comment by pfdietz

15 hours ago

No one owns mathematics. It's not covered by IP law.

It's immoral to steal someone's research. Quite sad that you don't believe that.

  • Yes, let's lie and call something stealing, then pontificate about morality.

    At worst what OpenAI did was inconsiderate, but not referencing prior work is a minor academic sin. This is especially the case when AI is not playing the vanity game that seems to so inflame some mathematicians.

    • > Yes, let's lie and call something stealing, then pontificate about morality.

      We could also acknowledge that everything that could justifiably be considered stealing is not necessarily covered by current statute.

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    • It was inconsiderate and it was also stolen, just like everything else OpenAI has stolen to train their models.