Two award-winning authors recently sued OpenAI, accusing the generative-AI bastion of violating copyright law by using their published books to train ChatGPT without their consent.
Filed in late June, the lawsuit claims that ChatGPTās underlying large language model āingestedā the copyrighted work of the caseās plaintiffs, authors Mona Awad and Paul Tremblay. They argue that ChatGPTās ability to produce detailed summaries of their works indicates their books were included in datasets used to train the technology.
I donāt really see the merit in these cases.
If I read a book in the library (so not even purchasing it) and have some great ideaā¦ Take it to market and make billions off of it. The Author has no stake in my financial success. Why would this be any different for ChatGPT or other AI products? If I write a summary of a book, and post it online for a journal/website and I make some ad revenue from itā¦ Iām also protected and there is no recourse for the original author.
Copyright laws always protects derivative works. Anything and everything that ChatGPT would create would be derivative.
Yeah tbh I donāt think any sane person does. So what people who first taught them to read deserve a cut?
Some philosophers believe you cannot imagine something that does not currently exist. All your thoughts and ācreativityā are a slave to it.
But in true economy, thereās going to be litigation and money will be made because money always has to be made. This seems akin to the patent trolls some years back. And the RIAA well before that.
AI read their books, the horror.
I donāt think these cases have even a slight hope they really shouldnāt unless it was illegal to read their work in the first place. In which case being an author should be the actual crime.
Just silly imo.
I love watching AI mess up this notion of ownership.
I wish AI would read my book. At least someone read beside me.
