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Economist Robin Hanson argues training AI on public creative works is like the mission of public libraries

Paul Graham agreed, saying objections are primarily financial.

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"A.I. is built on our collective intelligence: our books, songs, artwork, journalism, computer code, scientific research, videos, conversations, images and ideas spanning generations. … tech oligarchs have fed this knowledge into their A.I. models without permission, without acknowledgment, without compensation. … creative work of millions … has essentially been stolen"

The whole idea of public education, libraries, & museums has long been to make all of that as widely & cheaply available as possible. So why suddenly complain when some folks actually find a use for it?

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@robinhanson It's all about the benjamins.

Robin Hanson@robinhanson

"A.I. is built on our collective intelligence: our books, songs, artwork, journalism, computer code, scientific research, videos, conversations, images and ideas spanning generations. … tech oligarchs have fed this knowledge into their A.I. models without permission, without acknowledgment, without compensation. … creative work of millions … has essentially been stolen"

The whole idea of public education, libraries, & museums has long been to make all of that as widely & cheaply available as possible. So why suddenly complain when some folks actually find a use for it?

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