Re: OT: The AIs have it...

On Sat, 01 Mar 2025 19:53:55 -0800, BTR1701 wrote:

On Mar 1, 2025 at 4:51:12 PM PST, "Pluted Pup"<plutedpup@outlook.com>  wrote:
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:34:00 -0800, BTR1701 wrote:
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On Feb 26, 2025 at 3:06:45 PM PST, "Alan Smithee"<alms@last.inc>  wrote:
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1,000 artists release a silent album to protest AI taking their works...
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https://www.techspot.com/news/106909-over-1000-musicians-release-silent-album-protest-ai.html

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I've never understood the claim that training AI systems on books, music,
etc.
is a copyright violation in the first place.
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The AI isn't making an unauthorized copy of the work. It's reading (or
listening to ) the work and learning from it. This isn't any different than
a
human being reading a book and learning from it.
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Some have said, well, the AI makes a copy of the work in its brain while
it's
learning but the same can be said of a human. Why is one a (supposed)
copyright violation but the other is not?

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You use your brain to violate copyright law or tell a computer
to violate copyright law and you say the computer user should get a free
pass?

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No, I'm saying that a human reading a book with her brain DOESN'T violate
copyright law, so why should a computer reading a book with its brain become a
violation?

No, I am saying that someone committing copyright fraud with computers
shouldn't be exonerated while only those using their own brain to
commit copyright fraud should be prosecuted.

That's mindless.