I had an opportunity to chat with #AI proponents recently. The recurring theme from them every time it was brought up how generative AI is in flagrant violation of #copyright laws, is that technology has advanced beyond law, and 'that horse has left the barn'. That particular phrase was oft repeated, which, pardon my curtness, is abject bull.

OpenAI ADMITTED it must use copyrighted work to function, and does not obtain proper permission. Therefore, it confessed to being violation of copyright law.

A court order directing them to purge their improperly obtained items would be a VERY FAST way to put that horse 'back in the barn', so to speak...or more appropriately, the glue factory.

#StopTheHoard

Edit: source on the admission - https://www.engadget.com/openai-admits-its-impossible-to-train-generative-ai-without-copyrighted-materials-103311496.html