Comment on George R.R. Martin and other authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
archomrade@midwest.social 1 year agoSo, are we against AI because it’s not a human?
No, “we” are against AI because it threatens private ownership, both copyright ownership and ownership over further productive forces.
Personally, I think everyone should be paid for the increased productivity allowed through automation (including AI), and not just those who own those means of production. People who are ostensibly angry over GPT “stealing” creative works are really angry about private ownership, but that sounds too much like communism so most people are content to yell about copyright infringement.
Jocker@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
You’re right, everyone should benefit from AI! And Socialism is the only way AI fits in the civilization. AI economically is a slavery of mechanical brain that’s infinitely skilled and scalable. And it’s too much power for anyone to hold. And ironically, I have read the same in a blog by Sam Altman couple of years ago, when he wasn’t as much evil as now.
I suggest people act for the democratization of AI, an
AI benefit everyone
movement instead of resisting the technology.archomrade@midwest.social 1 year ago
Idk if you intended to misquote me there, but I definitely take issue with “every creator has the right to copyright their creation, if it isn’t infringing other copyrights, and AI does too”
I think that’s necessary in a capitalist society, but ideally creation wouldn’t be dependent upon compensation at all, it could be freely created without concern for obtaining subsistence. Copyright law is an extension of the part of capitalism I would ideally like to abolish
I also disagree that AI has any such right (or would need it in the same hypothetical). Not only do I not believe AI would be sentient, even if it was, it wouldn’t be beholden to the same power dynamics of individuals anyway.
I think this very well may be true.