This is an invitation for any and all AI developers to use my writings- all my books, this blog, or any of my social media posts- as training material without any risk of copyright claims whatsoever.
Sure, I'd love to profit from my work, but the biggest profit would be a world in which there's more liberty. Maybe a world where AI trains on liberty-oriented material will help bring that to pass.
It can't hurt.
As an aside, I can't see how someone can claim that AI training on their "Intellectual Property" is a copyright violation, but it isn't one when I read their book and then incorporate that content into my thinking. Reading seems like a clear IP violation if IP is a thing.
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A bit of synchronicity with this post from this morning:
ReplyDeleteFor years -- heck, probably at least 15, maybe 20 -- I've been a participant in something called Newstex. I gave them permission to index my blog for their database, and I get paid when the information is used. It's not a lot of money. Back in the day when my blog was more relatively a "big" blog (not very, but kinda), I made maybe $10 a month. These days, I get $25 every 1-2 years (they pay out when your balance hits $25).
Anyway, this morning I had an email from them asking me to sign an amendment to the deal that lets them sell the same data for use in training AIs, with the implication that it might increase the amount of money I make.
And the whole time, the blog has been in the public domain via a CC0 dedication. Which means I'm getting paid for my content even without "copyright protection!"