On: The OpenAI board was right

[jamil7]

This isn't an artist building on the work of previous artists, this is a for-profit company repurposing people's work and mass producing it without permission or paying royalties.

[tomrod → jamil7]

Apple would disagree. Jobs considered himself an artist in the straightforward context or his quote.

[JumpCrisscross → tomrod]

> Jobs considered himself an artist

Jobs, at the very least, would have stolen competently.

OpenAI asked Johansson for her likeness; she refused. So they trained an AI on a person instructed to mimic her likeness, and then tweeted a mocking reference to the source they stole from [1]. Put aside your views on morality or legality. I’m damning them for being stupid.

[1] https://x.com/sama/status/1790075827666796666?ref_src=twsrc%...

[dandanua → JumpCrisscross]

Why do you think it's stupidity? It's a show of power - they can do whatever they want even if you refuse. And they will brag about it.

Another "request" 2 days before release is a bullying, not stupidity.

[JumpCrisscross → dandanua]

> they can do whatever they want even if you refuse

Fuck around and find out, as they say. Johansson forced Disney to the negotiating table.

[tomrod → JumpCrisscross]

Make no mistake: I think lame wannabes steal, competently or not, regardless how successful they become.

And yeah, the techbro culture Sam steeped in results in remarkable stupidity!