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US Copyright Office found AI companies breach copyright. Its boss was fired

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renewiltord ◴[12 May 25 14:36 UTC] No.43963485[source]▶
I wonder when general internet sentiment moved from pro-piracy to IP maximalism. Fascinating shift.
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1. Ukv ◴[12 May 25 15:08 UTC] No.43963903[source]▶
No hard data to back this up, but anecdotally I'd place the AI/copyright sentiment shift around mid-late 2022. DALL-E 2 experimentation (e.g: [0]) in early-mid 2022 seemed to just about sneak by unaffected, receiving similar positive/curious reception to previous trends (TalkToTransformer, ArtBreeder, GPT-3/AI Dungeon, etc.), but then Stable Diffusion bore the full brunt of "machine learning is theft" arguments.

[0]: https://x.com/xkcd/status/1552279517477183488

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2. renewiltord ◴[12 May 25 15:28 UTC] No.43964127[source]▶
Hmm, "when it got good" then. I think what you're saying makes sense to me.