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_poisonedrationality t1_j7i5r45 wrote

Reply to comment by xtime595 in [N] Getty Images sues AI art generator Stable Diffusion in the US for copyright infringement by Wiskkey

You shouldn't confuse "scientific progress" with "commercial gain". I know a lot of companies in AI blur the line but I think that researchers, who don't seek to make a profit aren't really the same as something like Stability AI, who are trying to sell a product.

Besides, it's not clear to me whether these AI tools be used to benefit humanity as a whole or only increase the control a few companies have over large markets. I really hope this case sets ome decent precedents about how AI developers can use data they did not create.

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EmbarrassedHelp t1_j7klnqy wrote

If Getty Images wins, then AI generation tools are going to become further concentrated to a handful of companies while also becoming less open.

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HateRedditCantQuitit t1_j7nbrkz wrote

Not necessarily. If it turns out, for example, that language generation models trained on GPL code must be GPL, then it means that there's a possible path to more open models, if content creators continue creating copyleft content ecosystems.

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currentscurrents t1_j7ioshb wrote

> Besides, it's not clear to me whether these AI tools be used to benefit humanity as a whole

Of course they benefit humanity as a whole.

  • Language models allow computers to understand complex ideas expressed in plain english.
  • Automating art production will make custom art/comics/movies cheap and readily available.
  • ChatGPT-style AIs (if they can fix hallucination/accuracy problems) give you an oracle with all the knowledge of the internet.
  • They're getting less hype right now, but there's big advances in computer vision (CNNs/Vision Transformers) that are revolutionizing robotics and image processing.

>I really hope this case sets ome decent precedents about how AI developers can use data they did not create.

You didn't create the data you used to train your brain, much of which was copyrighted. I see no reason why we should put that restriction on people trying to create artificial brains.

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e_for_oil-er t1_j7kh4m0 wrote

Major corporations using ML to generate images instead of hiring artists purely in the goal of increasing their profits. Helping to make the richest guy to get even more rich. How does that help humanity?

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