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0 pointsmunk-a17d ago0 comments

I want to briefly pick at this:

> you're going to need to pass new laws that may wind up radically redefining intellectual property

You're correct that this is one route to resolving the situation, but I think it's reasonable to lean more strongly into the original intent of intellectual property laws to defend creative works as a manner to sustain yourself that would draw a pretty clear distinction between human creativity and reuse and LLMs.

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crazygringo17d ago

> into the original intent of intellectual property laws to defend creative works as a manner to sustain yourself

But you're missing the other half of copyright law, which is the original intent to promote the public good.

That's why fair use exists, for the public good. And that's why the main legal argument behind LLM training is fair use -- that the resulting product doesn't compete directly with the originals, and is in the public good.

In other words, if you write an autobiography, you're not losing significant sales because people are asking an LLM about your life.

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