Generative AI and Intellectual Property (opens in new tab)

A complementary idea is that just because gen ai could be used to violate copyright, as in if some of the example outputs here turn out to be legal violations, it's existence doesn't. Using song lyrics or website content to learn about the structure of grammar or the relationships between words has nothing to do with copyright, and for most LLM end uses, that's what's going on. The fact that it incidentally knows about copyrighted works means that at worst, a "bad actor" could use it to make a copyright violating work, just like I could release a bootleg copy of myself singing whatever pop song I've memorized. But these are hypothetical, it only makes sense to worry about violating outputs when they are actually produced. See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36807408 for a related discussion

Lol who cares? Stop trying to monetize everything. God darn I can't wait until scarcity of knowledge is obliterated by ai. Copyright kills innovation and culture.

Nobody gets paid. Stop thinking you need to be paid for everything. Ai exists and once it penetrates deep enough and is good enough this madness of thinking you need to be paid for everything can disappear. Your ai creates something. Cool mine can do it too. Why does money need to even come into the debate? It's 19th/20th century way of thinking that revolves around scarcity. Gimme government funded ai for everyone just like Healthcare. Bring down the profits made from scarcity of knowledge!