New podcast, is the EU overreaching, and my thoughts on "AI" - Patroncast S03E02
Added 2023-01-09 11:03:55 +0000 UTCHey everyone,
Here is episode 2 of your weekly Patroncast!
In this one, I talk about:
- 00:57 The new "Linux News Podcast", and its first episode being published. At the time I recorded this, I didn't have any numbers, but now I do, and it managed to get almost 400 listens, just for sharing it on Mastodon (it was a "soft launch" to try and see if people detected any issues, which they did!)
Now it's on Spotify and iTunes as well, and next time, I'll promote it on youtube as well just to see!
This new podcast is accessible to everyone here: https://podcast.thelinuxexp.com
- 04:33 Is the EU overreaching on Privacy topics, by meddling into contracts, or is it a good thing?
- 12:03 My thoughts on AI tools, machine learning and consent from creators whose work is being used. It's a complex topic, but I think I managed to narrow down my feelings about it
I hope you enjoy listening to this one!
Best,
Nick
Comments
Yeah, it definitely needs a ruling or some decision to firmly say "a computer is too precise to be allowed fair use", or "it's fine, they can do whatever they want". Right now, it's too unclear how this works!
The Linux Experiment
2023-01-14 11:27:58 +0000 UTCWhat I remember from learning about writing in school - it's ok to research an article and then 'put it in our own words', however if we take that article word for word and do not give credit, etc., it's considered plagiarism. I see the AI and artwork topic in a similar way. We observe art and are left with an impression that will fade over time and change with impressions of other artwork. Incorporating these impressions into our own artwork is acceptable, but if we traced the artwork and set out to make an exact copy it would not be acceptable.. The problem is computers are so 'exact'. How can we tell if a computer is merely getting an impression from 'learning' by looking at an artist's artwork vs being able to see the finest detail when the artwork is scanned by the software? There's a lot of grey area here and I can see both sides of the argument, but since computers can be so 'exact' and detailed I can completely understand how an artist would feel threatened and want to be compensated when his artwork is 'taught' to a computer.
2023-01-13 22:46:50 +0000 UTCYeah, it's a tough one: because putting stuff out there on the internet for free does not equate to consent to anything and everything: that's why there are licences that have obligations, like attribution, same licensing for derivative works, etc... THe question is: shold the output of an AI be subjected to these, or not, and that's a hard one that I can't decide on my own :D
The Linux Experiment
2023-01-13 09:11:23 +0000 UTC
