Shaking w/rage. 61 books (in English.) 8 different languages. ALL my SW/StarCraft/Ravenloft books. 4 of my original works. 9 short stories. ALL WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE. NEVER come at me and try to argue that generative AI that STEALs from people is okay. NEVER. Ugh being this mad feels awful. - ThreadSky

christiegolden.bsky.social • 36 days ago

Shaking w/rage. 61 books (in English.) 8 different languages. ALL my SW/StarCraft/Ravenloft books. 4 of my original works. 9 short stories. ALL WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.

NEVER come at me and try to argue that generative AI that STEALs from people is okay. NEVER. Ugh being this mad feels awful.

Reposted from Michael Livingston

Meta used at least 16 of my books, and numerous articles, to help train the AI it will use to make billions.

Authors, search your name here:

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

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arcbeatle.bsky.social•36 days ago

I'm livid. I only had two there, and two is frankly horrible, im furious. Can't imagine how you're feeling with 61. God. Truly sorry.

massi1008.eu•36 days ago

Most (if not all) books published nowadays are pirated.
What I find egregious is that one of the richest companies of all time felt the need to participate in that.
(and then don't even seed, those leeches...)

markbarnesn16.bsky.social•36 days ago

This is awful.

ladondwolf.bsky.social•35 days ago

I seriously would love to pass a law outlawing generative AI and requiring all such companies using it to immediately shut down those systems and wipe them completely, doesn't matter the cost to them because they committed theft.

tomar84stevedock.bsky.social•36 days ago

Can you use DMCA or do copyright protections not apply to A.I. ?

christiegolden.bsky.social•36 days ago

In my fury and shaking hands it is a mere 51 books, not 61.

Mere. 51. of 68.

What do y'all do when you're this mad, I have no idea what to do with this feeling.

kamosemills.bsky.social•36 days ago

You should pet Sylvanas or Anduin. Doing that to Ogden always calms me down.

vrayna.bsky.social•36 days ago

*hugs*
My go to rage-burners are
- gardening (uprooting weeds = great, you can even insult them, they won't mind)
- baking (needs a bit of focus, the house smells great and you get yummy comfort snacks out of it)
- swimming (hard to have energy left for rage after swimming 1.5 km)

vrayna.bsky.social•36 days ago

Also, the one Article I ever got published got used too, but I'm in a different boat as it was a scientific thing that didn't have the same kind of copyright, and that I thought should be accessible to anyone. Not sure how I feel about it being used to train AI. 🤔

christiegolden.bsky.social•36 days ago

I don't own the copyright to some of them, but some...I do. And I'm certain they didn't check with the IPs before plagiarizing.

christiegolden.bsky.social•36 days ago

Last time it was 31. I thought that was bad.

ptrtlrwrts.bsky.social•36 days ago

Send a giant invoice to Meta.

nisbetbryce.bsky.social•36 days ago

And the argument "But the plagiarism machine's business model doesn't work if they're not allowed to steal everything!" kind of gives you a clue that maybe the plagiarism machine shouldn't exist in the first place then.

ghostanimatesstuff.bsky.social•36 days ago

Billion dollar companies stealing people’s content en masse is completely all right but stealing food is a crime and so is stealing any content said companies produce, thank God we all live in liberal democracies where the same laws apply to everyone equally

synthandrus.bsky.social•35 days ago

Sorry to hear! I don't even have works to protect, but crap like this is why I deleted my Facebook account back when they "updated" their terms of service and privacy policy back in... 2012-ish? My stuff is mine, and I will share it to those I want, when I want, IF I want. It's not yours, FB.

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