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AI companies will fail. We can salvage something from the wreckage | Cory Doctorow (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 19 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This is a good read even if you're not a fan of doctorow yet.

Like another commenter said, his thoughts about centaurs and reverse centaurs are cool (basically whether you use technology or technology uses you).

Also his thoughts about copyright and if it would be good to reinforce it are interesting - he says that artists won't be paid well if their art can't be stolen for AI training, their contracts will be adjusted and that's it. He says what gives bargaining power is the fact that the output of LLMs can't be copyrighted, which means that human artists have to be in the loop of making tomorrows media.

[–] very_well_lost@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

the fact that the output of LLMs can't be copyrighted

That may be the status quo right now, but I expect tech and media companies will fight tooth and nail to gain copyright protections over the slop they generate. A few ~~bribes~~ donations to the right politicians and you can get legislation that grants whatever rights you want.

[–] e461h@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 days ago

Assuming it actually becomes valuable/profitable at some point.

[–] edible_funk@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I agree with him in general about AI but hot goddamn the man gives serious self-described philosopher/cult leader/grifter vibes out the wazoo.

[–] sexy_peach@feddit.org 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I agree somewhat, but I think it's just that he's US-american, they can be like that

[–] hamsterkill@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Doctorow is Canadian-British.