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0 pointswrsh071y ago0 comments

While not directly analogous, people often think "it's just math" or "it's just numbers" and therefore claim their use is ok. I would encourage those people to read about illegal numbers: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_number

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scotty791y ago

Those numbers are encodings of some specific information. Weights are just results of purely mathematical algorithm fed data in randomized order.

wrsh07OP1y ago

I think you could replace "weights" with other things that you probably would want restricted (eg private keys).

My point is exactly that: just because something is the result of some fixed mathematical process plus randomness does not mean there's no nuance and it's always ok to share/publish.

scotty791y ago

Can cryptographic keys be copyrightable if they were published?

In come country copyright strictly requires creative human input.

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scotty791y ago

Those numbers are encodings of some specific information. Weights are just results of purely mathematical algorithm fed data in randomized order.

wrsh07OP1y ago

I think you could replace "weights" with other things that you probably would want restricted (eg private keys).

My point is exactly that: just because something is the result of some fixed mathematical process plus randomness does not mean there's no nuance and it's always ok to share/publish.

scotty791y ago

Can cryptographic keys be copyrightable if they were published?

In come country copyright strictly requires creative human input.

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