It's theft, pure and simple. Like many authors, I recently discovered my books are part of a pirated dataset being used to train artificial intelligence. Surely, Meta has enough money to pay for its data...? www.theguardian.com/technology/2... - ThreadSky

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traceyspicer.bsky.social • 4 days ago

It's theft, pure and simple.

Like many authors, I recently discovered my books are part of a pirated dataset being used to train artificial intelligence.

Surely, Meta has enough money to pay for its data...?

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/mar/25/no-consent-australian-authors-livid-that-meta-may-have-used-their-books-to-train-ai-ntwnfb

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scottelaurant.bsky.social•4 days ago

There is no intelligence in "artificial intelligence".
At its core it is a searching and matching algorithm.
It is only as good as the material it copies.

timhuttonau.bsky.social•4 days ago

I keep saying that this is the fundamental hurdle of AI. While things like internal biases, quality of output, etc. are all important, the biggest ethical dilemma for me is still that pretty much every mainstream LLM is trained on unethically-sourced data.

timhuttonau.bsky.social•4 days ago

(I realise I’m preaching to the choir here, lol.)

traceyspicer.bsky.social•4 days ago

You’re right - this is at the very core of the problem.

timhuttonau.bsky.social•4 days ago

People keep saying to me “Oh the stuff they make is pretty good these days!” and in some ways I’m inclined to agree. A LLM can reliably produce passable (though usually not exceptional) text if fed the right prompts. But the output quality isn’t the problem! Drives me nuts.

geofffield.bsky.social•4 days ago

I'm terrified about A1. People may say I'm overeacting, but even on FB AI images and posts are everywhere and the population in general is buying into it 😳

traceyspicer.bsky.social•4 days ago

It’s shocking!

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