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Mastodon user decries LLMs as 'astonishing theft'

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A Mastodon user expressed concern that large language models are "hoovering up" vast amounts of data, which could be perceived as theft on an unprecedented scale by millions globally. The user believes this practice will soon be considered astonishingly problematic. AI

RANK_REASON Opinion expressed on a social media platform without broader industry impact or new information.

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Mastodon user decries LLMs as 'astonishing theft'

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." Exe

    "Millions of people around the world will soon consider large models ‘hoovering up’ all their work to be an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions." Executives working on # AI at Microsoft and OpenAI admitted what its critics have been saying all along: Large language mod…

    LINKS 404media.co/doom-loop-openai-and-microsof…

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