Possibly one of the most dangerous things that is going to emerge is the complete lack of source content identification.
We’ll start to see more vague statements like Zuckerberg’s “a new mix of publicly available online material”.
How is an indie author supposed to know if that includes their work? How even is a large publishing house supposed to keep informed by what of their properties are being co-opted?
Add to that we have no global regulation looking at this, so if one country mobilises, the LLM’s will simply move “off shore”
Great questions. It would be nice to think that the AI developers and national authorities would wake up one day and decide that reasonable policies are in everyone's best interest, but that's not going to happen. I should've added that to the newsletter: the one thing we should all do as citizens is lean on our Congressmen (or MPs, or whatever) for government policy and oversight on AI. There's a reason it's not happening, in the U.S. at least (sigh).
I wonder what kind of agreement publishers--and in particular, the Big 5--will come to with genAI developers? Because it will be a new revenue source for them. Without a doubt, authors will be against it.
I"m like "Fuck AI!" AI should be cooperative, not replacing. I take umbrage with KDP publishing AI generated books. That's not even writing at this point.
Informative
Thank you
You're welcome always God bless you and your family forever
Possibly one of the most dangerous things that is going to emerge is the complete lack of source content identification.
We’ll start to see more vague statements like Zuckerberg’s “a new mix of publicly available online material”.
How is an indie author supposed to know if that includes their work? How even is a large publishing house supposed to keep informed by what of their properties are being co-opted?
Add to that we have no global regulation looking at this, so if one country mobilises, the LLM’s will simply move “off shore”
Great questions. It would be nice to think that the AI developers and national authorities would wake up one day and decide that reasonable policies are in everyone's best interest, but that's not going to happen. I should've added that to the newsletter: the one thing we should all do as citizens is lean on our Congressmen (or MPs, or whatever) for government policy and oversight on AI. There's a reason it's not happening, in the U.S. at least (sigh).
I wonder what kind of agreement publishers--and in particular, the Big 5--will come to with genAI developers? Because it will be a new revenue source for them. Without a doubt, authors will be against it.
Thanks for the insight. Scary stuff.
You're welcome.
Insightful and enlightening as always, Alma. I so enjoy your emails.
Thank you so much. I was concerned the bigger picture would be overlooked in all the squabbling over the NaNoWriMo deal
I"m like "Fuck AI!" AI should be cooperative, not replacing. I take umbrage with KDP publishing AI generated books. That's not even writing at this point.