And remember, these AI models were trained on your work, your culmination of effort and sacrifice, without any consent, credit, or compensation, then sold back to you for a subscription fee.

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dyauspitr 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

That’s what standing on the shoulders of giants refers to. This is how science has always worked. The generated papers have attributions and citations just like if a human wrote them.

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BobaFloutist 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

>That’s what standing on the shoulders of giants refers to. This is how science has always worked.

Yes, but automating and commercializing a process makes it inherently different. Just because everyone has always been welcome to drink from the village well, that countless generations have worked tirelessly to dig, maintain, and improve, doesn't mean that there's no basis for complaint when Nestle sticks a pump down it and starts draining the aquifer to bottle and sell.

The lack of an existing law (or custom) against new behavior doesn't actually render it necessarily non-grotesque.

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badc0ffee 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The giants are quite often credited by name, or have their work cited.

	▲	Gud 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Or are revered teachers that you'll never forget.

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rylando 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Pretty sure AI is more akin to standing on the shoulders of giants and peeing into the wind

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HoldOnAMinute 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Many organizations are giving away capable models for free.

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rylando 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So.. they’re being trained on all of the information that some used to make their living with by writing books, presenting seminars, etc. on a topic.. without paying for it, and then giving it all away for free?

Idk if that’s much better

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dspillett 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

For now. Once people are hooked, and/or once some of that investment capital starts to be expected to generate some dividends (see https://isaiprofitable.com/), free use will be very limited.

	▲	HoldOnAMinute 29 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		It's good enough that you could go off-the-grid, to a cabin in the woods like the Unabomber, and use it for some tasks.