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  • Nick Clegg, former Meta executive and UK Deputy Prime Minister, has reiterated a familiar line when it comes to AI and artist consent.
  • He said that any push for consent would “basically kill” the AI industry.
  • Clegg added that the sheer volume of data that AI is trained on makes it “implausible” to ask for consent.
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[–] ThanksObama@sh.itjust.works 11 points 1 week ago

It's not stealing when it's fortune 500 companies, yet the public still isn't allowed to download a car.

[–] amckinstry@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

Good. Let them obey the law, ask permission and pay the creators they plagiarize.

[–] ogmios@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 week ago

I, for one, am incredibly amused to see pirates complaining about piracy.

[–] peto@lemm.ee 6 points 1 week ago

I didn't know I could just say it was too hard not to steal stuff. Brb, going to the shops.

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 6 points 1 week ago

"But officer, all of this media that I have is for AI purposes. I swear I did not read/listen/watch/play it for myself too!"

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

There they go again... threatening with a good time.