Full disclosure: I think LLMs are pretty cool tech. If you mess with the settings enough they can come up with some pretty weird stuff, a bit like the old dice based story telling games.
That said, pressing the “generate” button is not “writing”.
They’re also stealing other people’s writing to train the AI. So that’s why authors are pissed at it. They never gave permission to use their works and were never compensated for the use
Full disclosure: I think LLMs are pretty cool tech. If you mess with the settings enough they can come up with some pretty weird stuff, a bit like the old dice based story telling games.
That said, pressing the “generate” button is not “writing”.
They’re also stealing other people’s writing to train the AI. So that’s why authors are pissed at it. They never gave permission to use their works and were never compensated for the use
There’s also this
https://lemmy.world/post/19496684
But I’m a weakling with a shiny toy.