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Reddit has reportedly signed over its content to train AI models (mashable.com)
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[–] 18 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Why do you think it's about wanting a slice? They posted on Reddit with no expectation of profit. But they don't want others to profit off it either. It's not that complicated.

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  • [+] -19 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    But they don’t want others to profit off it either.

    And that's why I call them selfish. It doesn't harm them in the slightest if someone else profits off of it.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They wouldn't have posted if they knew this was going to happen. They posted because it was fun, not for this.

    They may be morally opposed to AI (as there are many valid reasons to be opposed to it), or they may just have wanted to have been able to make an informed decision before posting, but by retroactively training the AI on their posts they've robbed them of the agency to make that decision.

    That's why they're upset.

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  • [–] -2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    They posted content on a website whose user agreement says "we can do whatever we like with the content you post here" and then go surprised-pikachu when the website goes ahead and does whatever they like with the content they posted. Frankly, I'm not tremendously sympathetic. This should have been easy to predict.

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