> I don't think there's a good way around this, even though I do think that the legal liability will be resolved by courts declaring training to be fair use. Which, of course, I think is harebrained nonsense, but it's the most probable course. Ethically, I think it's a bitter pill we'll have to swallow, much like the labour that made our phones.
What exactly is the downside of not swallowing this bitter pill? AND just refraining from using generative AI where one can ?
EDIT: Im using the phrase "generative AI" in its most narrow sense, and not the broad landscape of machine learning.
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