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Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on copyrighted material without the original artists' permission. And that's without getting into AI's negative drag on the environment.

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[-] UNY0N@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

From what I understood, the fears surrounding the printing press (as well as other advancements throughout history related to information, text, & writing) were more about people being overloaded with information both false and/or true, or people becoming less studious/disciplined. (Link as an example)

https://slate.com/technology/2010/02/a-history-of-media-technology-scares-from-the-printing-press-to-facebook.html

[-] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Further to "stealing massive amounts of creative work and calling it its own," this is what was said about the printing press:

https://press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/401189.html (see halfway down)

https://www.vox.com/2015/6/1/8697947/elizabethan-book-pirates

[-] UNY0N@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Thanks for sharing, those are indeed sources that I've never encountered before.

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