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Meta admits using pirated books to train AI, but won't pay for it (www.techspot.com)

submitted 8 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They're the same issue tho. Piracy and using books for corporate AI training both should be fine. The same people going after data freedom are pushing this AI drama too. There's too much money in copyright holding and it's not being held by your favorite deviantart artists.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

So why are Meta, and say, Sci-Hub treated so differently? I don't necessarily disagree, but it's interesting that we legally attack people who are sharing data altruistically (Sci-Hub gives research away for free so more research can be done, scientific research should be free to the world, because it benefits all of mankind), but when it comes to companies who break the same laws to just make more money, that's fine somehow.

It's like trying to improve the world is punished, and being a selfish greedy fucking pig is celebrated and rewarded.

I am willing to defend Meta's use of this kind of data after the world has changed how they treat entities like Sci-Hub. Until that changes, all you are advocating for is for corporations to be able to break the law and for altruistic people to be punished. I agree they're the same, but until the law treats them the same, you're just giving freebies to giant corporations while fucking yourself in the ass.