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__MatrixMan__yesterday at 10:38 PM1 replyview on HN

There's nothing foundational about the idea that data can be owned. It conflates these things:

- This is about me

- I created this

- Neither of the above, but according to some story I get to control who sees it

Maybe some of those ideas are worth building into our society, but let's not pretend that The Code of Hammurabi gave a damn about intellectual property. IP was invented by the church so they could censor editions of the bible they didn't like and has been used to justify similar kinds of censorship ever since.

The foundational thing about property is that when it gets stolen, somebody else has it, and you don't.

We can hold the AI companies responsible for their actions without contributing to notions about property that encourage censorship.


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nonethewiseryesterday at 10:55 PM

Data?

Stealing pertains to more than just data. I think you agree with me that stealing isnt a made up term.

Please reread what he said. He didnt say “distilling” was morally charged made up term by future monopolists. He said “stealing.” Thats insane.

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