I found this video really interesting, since it highlights how large language models have worsened the problem of freebooting (rehosting content for views and money) by making it much easier to...
Over the past few years, I’ve noticed something strange on YouTube. When I search for an old video I made, I’ll find it — but right below, there’s often something else: copycats. Some are AI-generated recreations that twist my original scripts and visuals into something uncanny, while others are near-identical remakes stitched together from my own work. I set out to find out whether any of this was legal — and discovered how new tools are blurring the line between inspiration and exploitation.
I found this video really interesting, since it highlights how large language models have worsened the problem of freebooting (rehosting content for views and money) by making it much easier to automate the theft of ideas while "transforming" the delivery. The video also includes some discussion on why US copyright law would likely fail to provide protection against this.
One problem with generative AI that was built on theft is that morally uncorrupt people are generally uninterested in using it (of course there's also a cohort who are using and simply don't...
One problem with generative AI that was built on theft is that morally uncorrupt people are generally uninterested in using it (of course there's also a cohort who are using and simply don't realise the implications). Morally corrupt people, on the other hand, couldn't be more excited to explore every possible potentially beneficial angle to extract value with as little personal input as possible, so obviously this type of content will become ubiquitous sooner or later.
I hope the AI bubble bursts before it gets out of hand. Most AI booster businesses and investors will go bankrupt, people watching from the sidelines will learn a lesson, and afterwards there will be room for more caring people to build something that's actually beneficial to society.
Was that how the dot com bubble shook out? People who hadn't invested in internet-related activity or broadband infrastructure learned a lesson in what was better for society, and now the...
Was that how the dot com bubble shook out? People who hadn't invested in internet-related activity or broadband infrastructure learned a lesson in what was better for society, and now the organizations in control of internet infrastructure and consumer access systems are more caring?
I don't remember the dot com bubble aftermath that way, and I can't see the AI bubble aftermath being any more positive. I expect the average person to both get more access to novel useful tools and services, and also be more vulnerable to novel predatory behavior both directly from the corporations that "serve" us and also from scammers taking advantage of lack of corporate and regulatory oversight.
I just profoundly hope the bubble slowly deflates instead of popping and taking our entire economy down with it. It's an order of magnitude larger than the dot com bubble, and all that money doing it's "velocity of money" thing throughout the economy is intertwined into everything now. If it's a pop, we are going to see a contender for "worst ever US recession".
I found this video really interesting, since it highlights how large language models have worsened the problem of freebooting (rehosting content for views and money) by making it much easier to automate the theft of ideas while "transforming" the delivery. The video also includes some discussion on why US copyright law would likely fail to provide protection against this.
One problem with generative AI that was built on theft is that morally uncorrupt people are generally uninterested in using it (of course there's also a cohort who are using and simply don't realise the implications). Morally corrupt people, on the other hand, couldn't be more excited to explore every possible potentially beneficial angle to extract value with as little personal input as possible, so obviously this type of content will become ubiquitous sooner or later.
I hope the AI bubble bursts before it gets out of hand. Most AI booster businesses and investors will go bankrupt, people watching from the sidelines will learn a lesson, and afterwards there will be room for more caring people to build something that's actually beneficial to society.
Was that how the dot com bubble shook out? People who hadn't invested in internet-related activity or broadband infrastructure learned a lesson in what was better for society, and now the organizations in control of internet infrastructure and consumer access systems are more caring?
I don't remember the dot com bubble aftermath that way, and I can't see the AI bubble aftermath being any more positive. I expect the average person to both get more access to novel useful tools and services, and also be more vulnerable to novel predatory behavior both directly from the corporations that "serve" us and also from scammers taking advantage of lack of corporate and regulatory oversight.
I just profoundly hope the bubble slowly deflates instead of popping and taking our entire economy down with it. It's an order of magnitude larger than the dot com bubble, and all that money doing it's "velocity of money" thing throughout the economy is intertwined into everything now. If it's a pop, we are going to see a contender for "worst ever US recession".