I don’t read books to connect with humans. If I wanted to do that, I’d talk to humans. The people who think they do that just by reading books are deluding themselves. At best, they connect with some imaginary ideal they have of someone. As if reading Asoiaf gives the average reader serious insight into Martin. It might for people who know about his life in detail and can draw connections from his story to his life, but not the average reader.
If an AI can write stories better than a human, then I’m all for it. The nonsensical ethics of “stealing” from human writers (as if human writers are suddenly losing a possession) to train AI is ridiculous. A human being able to use the words they “stole” more creatively or emotionally wouldn’t magically make it not stealing if it were actually were stealing.
If an AI were straightforwardly copy-pasting sentences word for word from human authors, there might be an argument there, but they don’t do that. Otherwise, you might as well claim that every human author who was inspired to write a magical school story by Harry Potter stole from JK Rowling.
Anyway, if or when AI can produce books better than human authors, I’m all for it. Fiction is for entertainment. If you want to learn about other people, read biographies.
I don’t read books to connect with humans. If I wanted to do that, I’d talk to humans. The people who think they do that just by reading books are deluding themselves. At best, they connect with some imaginary ideal they have of someone. As if reading Asoiaf gives the average reader serious insight into Martin. It might for people who know about his life in detail and can draw connections from his story to his life, but not the average reader.
If an AI can write stories better than a human, then I’m all for it. The nonsensical ethics of “stealing” from human writers (as if human writers are suddenly losing a possession) to train AI is ridiculous. A human being able to use the words they “stole” more creatively or emotionally wouldn’t magically make it not stealing if it were actually were stealing.
If an AI were straightforwardly copy-pasting sentences word for word from human authors, there might be an argument there, but they don’t do that. Otherwise, you might as well claim that every human author who was inspired to write a magical school story by Harry Potter stole from JK Rowling.
Anyway, if or when AI can produce books better than human authors, I’m all for it. Fiction is for entertainment. If you want to learn about other people, read biographies.