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  1. Comment on Sarah Silverman is suing OpenAI and Meta for copyright infringement in ~tech

    AshWilliamss
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    Any English teacher post-Sparknotes will tell you that being able to summarize something and actually having read and understood something are two totally different things. I'd be willing to bet...

    Any English teacher post-Sparknotes will tell you that being able to summarize something and actually having read and understood something are two totally different things. I'd be willing to bet that there are summaries of this book provided by the author and the publishing company, same as most books. I feel the onus is on Silverman and company to prove that ChatGPT was fed their entire work.

    This doesn't take into account the fact that people discuss books online in forums much like this one - sometimes in great detail. I would wager that I could produce a very accurate summary of a book if I could read all availabe synopses and then read a ton of forum posts about said book, without ever actually having read the book.

    It's a tall claim to prove.

    15 votes

  2. Comment on Is there any book that you keep trying but can not get through? in ~books

    AshWilliamss
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    I came looking for wheel of time and I was not disappointed. I made it to book 5 or 6 and realized I had no context for the side characters anymore and the main character had grown into someone...

    I came looking for wheel of time and I was not disappointed. I made it to book 5 or 6 and realized I had no context for the side characters anymore and the main character had grown into someone totally unlikable and unrelatable (to me). It's so funny you mention a notebook of characters because that's exactly what I felt like I needed - a running shorthand log of who all these people were and who they've feuded with in the past so I understand why the current chapter is important. Without it I was skimming through things looking for "good parts" like yourself.

    11 votes

  3. Comment on What did you do this week (and weekend)? in ~talk

    AshWilliamss
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    I went on a double date with my friend, his girlfriend, and her friend who I met that night, Friday. It's been my first date in over a year and not sure how I feel about it. She seemed nice? :/...

    I went on a double date with my friend, his girlfriend, and her friend who I met that night, Friday. It's been my first date in over a year and not sure how I feel about it. She seemed nice? :/

    Thanks for asking!~

    3 votes