One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence.

By Stephen King

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  • RyanHeffronPhoto@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    It is illegal. As an artist, if another individual or company wants to use my work for their own commercial purposes in any way, even if just to ‘analyze’ (since the analysis is part of their private commercial product), they still need to pay for a license to do so. Otherwise it’s an unauthorized use and theft. Copyright doesn’t even play into it at that point, and would be a separate issue.