This is exactly what OpenAI etc. wanted to achieve with all the “AI safety” bullshit doomer talk. I really hope this doesn’t pass
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toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
thats the end for open source AI! If this passes, all AI will be closed source, and only from giant tech companies. Im sure they will find a way to steal your stuff “legally”.
2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de 4 months ago
trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 4 months ago
No open source plagiarism machine :(
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
DW artbros and other corporation defenders will get curbstomped by the closed-source ones instead, not only will you be out of employment, but you will be unemployable without a ChatGPT subscription, and Altman/Musk/whoever will be worth trillions as a result.
And the worst part is you honestly deserve it.
Also, this is you:
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Okay, then lets ban art generators, problem solved!
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
That’s also not rational, but at least it’s consistent so it’s an improvement.
Anyway banning them is impossible, even if one country bans it, all the other countries will still have them - the internet is the whole world, remember? And even then, LLMs would still exist too, and arguably those are far more significant.
girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Did you read the documents? It’s not as bad as what you’re saying.
It looks like the prohibited acts (section 6) specifically mention for commercial purposes where attribution markers are separated from the content. So, commercial AI software that doesn’t retain these markers or copyright marker removal done to mislead or affect in a commercial way would be against the law in 2 years.
I don’t see how this affects anything open source related. The way I understand it is that this will just force commercial applications to adapt to this and move on.
toothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 months ago
oh cool, nevermind then.
LainTrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
To the cheer of so-called progressives who never understood the tech and continue to be wilfully ignorant of it the corporations win again.