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Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models (mashable.com)

submitted 9 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] thawed_caveman@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (4 children)

I feel like AI companies have been scraping Reddit for their datasets already since the beginning and without permission. In fact, unless there's been a regulation change that i'm not aware of, i'm not sure why they would have Reddit "sign away" the data when they can just scrape it.

Also dubious if the current form of AI has a future. They seem like they should revolutionize every sector when you look at their capacities, but in practice their applications might be more limited than we thought?

Anyway, if Reddit does go public i will be deleting my account within the hour. The only reason i haven't yet is that i've been a moderator of the same subreddit for eight years and it's the only thing that's been consistent in my life in that time, i'm kind of attached. The reason i will is i didn't sign up to create value for shareholders, i signed up to create value for a community.

[–] RunningInRVA@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You need to go ahead and delete your account and give up the ghost on modding whatever sub you are referring to. I’m tired of these types of posts where you are both beholden to Reddit and also not. Pick a dang side.

[–] mounderfod@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 9 months ago

Pick a dang side.

Bro it's not a war, it's social media 😭

[–] ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

I feel like AI companies have been scraping Reddit for their datasets already since the beginning and without permission.

Well yeah, Sam Altman (Open AI) was even on the board of Reddit for a while. It's a safe bet that they've been doing it for years.

[–] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

Could the sub survive a migration to the fediverse?

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You can delete your account all you want I'm sure they have everything archived already.