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[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

Protecting fair use is more important than any hate-boner toward chatbots.

[–] timmytbt@sh.itjust.works 8 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, but AI scraping humanities creative output is not what I would consider fair use!

[–] mindbleach@sh.itjust.works -1 points 12 hours ago

Training is transformative use.

A gigabyte of linear algebra that can rap about the Silmarillion is plainly not just copying. It's not even large enough to contain a meaningful fragment of every book that shaped it.