On: Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

[arendtio]

I think the core question is what derived work is. I think derivative work should not be forbidden, and an LLM can be that, but it can also be just a copy. So, in essence, it is just a medium, like a sheet of paper.

[t0mpr1c3 → arendtio]

Exactly. There is a distinction between learning from a book and memorizing the entire content.

The boundary is not entirely distinct, but if your facsimile is poaching 93% of the revenue of the original then it deserves some scrutiny.