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Where AI Learned: It Read Other People's Stuff
AI learned by reading books, websites, and articles — usually without asking the people who wrote them. That is a real ethical issue.
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- 1The big idea
- 2training data
- 3consent
- 4creator rights
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The big idea
Every AI you use learned from other people's writing, art, music, and code. Mostly the AI companies did not ask permission. The original creators did not get paid. That is a real ethical issue people are still working out.
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- Image AI learned from millions of artists' work — no permission, no pay.
- Code AI learned from open-source code — some allowed, some debated.
- Chatbot AI learned from books, articles, websites — most without permission.
- Music AI learned from songs — many artists are upset about it.
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Talk to a parent about this. What do you think — is it fair? What would make it more fair?
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