←back to thread

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

(www.theregister.com)
451 points croes | 1 comments | 12 May 25 09:49 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
Show context
Workaccount2 ◴[12 May 25 14:53 UTC] No.43963737[source]▶
I have yet to see someone explain in detail how transformer model training works (showing they understand the technical nitty gritty and the overall architecture of transformers) and also layout a case for why it is clearly a violation of copyright.

You can find lots of people talking about training, and you can find lots (way more) of people talking about AI training being a violation of copyright, but you can't find anyone talking about both.

Edit: Let me just clarify that I am talking about training, not inference (output).

replies(10): >>43963777 #>>43963792 #>>43963801 #>>43963816 #>>43963830 #>>43963874 #>>43963886 #>>43963955 #>>43964102 #>>43965360 #
1. moralestapia ◴[12 May 25 17:19 UTC] No.43965360[source]▶
Because it's a machine that reproduces other people's work, who are copyrighted. Copyright protects the essence of original work even after its present in or turned into derivative work.

Some try to make the argument of "but that's what humans do and it's allowed", but that's not a real argument as it has not been proven, nor it is easy to prove, that machine learning equates human reasoning. In the absence of evidence, the law assumes NO.