While all the available AI models and probably future ones are going to be trained on publicly available data sets including but not limited to programming blogs, q & a sites, discussion forums, personal blogs, open source code, free books etc., almost all of the organisations behind the models have taken sources from all shady places and even pirated content and not to mention the art works - photos, paintings, music from various digital galleries, digital shops, streaming platforms etc., etc., and I don't have to list all sources.
While it is all good for the training, the same is being targetted towards the fellow programmers, creators, writers who thrive on their creations and the way of work.
If one looks at from a perspective of someone trying to do something that is dependent on creative people, the generative AI based creation has taken over the process and has killed or killing millions of people who are dependent. Now, most of the argument is not about the replacement, but rather why don't one use AI to support the process. Well, that's just a deviation from this article's motto and it is not disagreed.
When people published their work as open source, not even in their dreams they would have thought that such breach of private information and intellectual properties will be swindled by such corrupt, for profit organisations to train something that will eventually replace them. Why is that no-one wants to voice against or take legal action. I'm aware that there are a lot of class action lawsuits and uproar against many companies, but the damage is already done.
So, I'm proposing the following:
- As how the publicly available materials were used to train whatever AI model, give it away for free. (It was wrong in the first place to use it with / without consent - If one had invested, it's their issue. Don't want to talk about CAPEX / OPEX etc,.). - Or pay for every open piece of information that was used in training (this is not an option due to the copyright and copyleft and other mindless licenses that govern OSS and other free to use media!) - Stop doing it - It will not happen...
Any other thoughts / rants?
While I have expressed some of my thoughts, I want the communities thoughts to collectively action. Please spend a few minutes to voice out whether in support or against, but be concise in expressing your thoughts so that all can be collated, presented and actioned (probably!) in the near future.
Thanks again.
