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0 pointsfancyfredbot1y ago0 comments

Exactly. The reason that they stopped using the dataset and the reason they deleted it are likely the same - legal liability.

Obviously not in their interests to state that but when this is the best alternative explanation they can offer they might as well have.

Personally I support the use of these books for training AI but I think this needs to be decided in court and/or with legislation, not hidden under the carpet.

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Incipient1y ago

>Personally I support the use of these books for training AI

I need a better understanding of postgres. Can you write me an A-Z book on postgres? I won't actually buy it from you, just grab the text, train a model, and get the model to answer all questions I have. But the book would be super helpful please. Oh I'm also going to sell a service on this model too...because I like money.

I get sarcasm isn't exactly a great form of debate, but it felt suitable here. I ABSOLUTELY understand why people don't want AI training on their books.

fancyfredbotOP1y ago

Thanks, that's a very interesting perspective which I hadn't previously considered.

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