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A response to the Sarah Silverman suing OpenAI post from yesterday: [AI doesn't read or write like humans, and we shouldn't act like it does.] (agrobertson.substack.com)
submitted 1 year ago by ag_roberston_author@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org
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A long form response to the concerns and comments and general principles many people had in the post about authors suing companies creating LLMs.

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[–] lemillionsocks@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago

Authors profiteering from arcane copyright laws

I get this argument from the film, movie, television, videogame industry, and other more modern ones out there. But outside a handful of actual big name authors the average writer isnt exactly raking it in.

Also thanks to being a relic of the past we do still have libraries which offer books for free to read with a subscription and not only is this common, but its a celebrated thing among most authors and the reading community.