GeorgKrammer, 3 months ago

@aral I remember the good old times when the same companies sued everyone and everything for #copyright infringements.

aral, 3 months ago

@GeorgKrammer I know, right?

CaptainJanegay, 3 months ago

@aral The law locks up the man or woman,
That steals the goose from off the common,
But lets the greater felon loose,
That steals the common from the goose.

hyc, 3 months ago

@aral AI is just the latest variant. Steal from everyone == you're a billionaire.

dgavin, 3 months ago

@aral Good artists copy, great artists steal (Pablo Picasso) #everythingisaremix

aral, 3 months ago

@dgavin Funny, I hadn’t realised trillion-dollar corporations were artists. Then again, I guess it’s called being a con artist for a reason.

dgavin, 3 months ago

@aral since the 17th century "artists" is used for "one skilled in any art or craft" (including professors, surgeons, craftsmen, cooks).
I‘d argue that software engineers are artists too. AI models are not created by some abstract "trillion dollar companies" but by humans. Your class struggle rethoric is undercomplex and not helpful here (and I‘m saying this as a left social democrat).

aral, 3 months ago

@dgavin Undercomplex – is that anything like simple? Because trillion-dollar corporations and billionaires doing whatever they like with the labour of others is a very simple concept and that’s exactly what’s happening here.

diegodru, 3 months ago

@aral those AI companies are taking piracy to a whole new level. And they're getting away with it.

aral, 3 months ago

@diegodru It’s not piracy when the government does it… we call that the navy.