On: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Gener...

[throwaway5959]

Where else would you source large amounts of text but from human authors?

[notamy → throwaway5959]

Asking those human authors for their consent. "It doesn't scale!" or similar reasons don't override someone not consenting.

[chii → notamy]

> Asking those human authors for their consent.

they consented by virtue of publishing the work. If a human eye can read it, then consent has been given.

[bakugo → chii]

No, I'm pretty sure that publishing a work does not imply that you also consent to other people taking it and selling it as their own.

[chii → bakugo]

> selling it as their own.

and there you've just put your own words into my post. Nowhere did the idea of selling comes into this (nor distribution of any kind).

If you publish, you implicitly allow people to purchase and read your book. The information and ideas learnt off that book is not subject to copyright.

[mslt → chii]

If you think open AI purchased all of this content I’ve got a bridge to sell you in Brooklyn

[troupe → bakugo]

They are consenting to letting people understand the ideas in their work and using those ideas combined with other ideas to produce different ideas.

[throwaway5959 → notamy]

That’s not what I was asking.

[rideontime → throwaway5959]

Maybe you don't.