Reverse loss

Yah, but we forgot about it for over 10,000 years. We were all winners for quite some time.

There is an over arching issue with most of the extant models being highly unethical in where they got their data, effectively having made plagiarism machines.

It is not ok to steal the content of millions of small independent creators to create slop that drowns them out. Most of them were already offering their work for free. And I am talking about LMs here, writing is a skill.

Say what ever you want about big companies being bad for abusing IP laws, but this is not about the laws, not even paying people for their work, this is about crediting people when they do work, acknowledging that the work they did had value, and letting people know where they can find more.

Also, I don’t really buy the “it’s good for disabled people” that feels like using disabled people as a shield against criticism, and I’ve yet to see it brought up in good faith.