Reading up about this whole #BenjiSmith and #prosecraft thing. It's funny how most of the replies saying he shouldn't have taken the thing down aren't writers and are all AI dickheads.
Really makes you think... (I say sarcastically).
#writing #writingcommunity
After being open for five years, the literature analytics service Prosecraft became the target for author backlash. Was AI truly to blame?
https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2023/08/15/ai-and-the-battle-over-prosecraft/
Stories about #AI, #GenerativeAudio, #GenerativeBooks, Jane Friedman #brandjacking experiences, #GenerativeAgents, #NPCs #GenerativeBucketLists from #söka, Benji Smith #prosecraft and much more!
http://gamesatwork.biz/2023/08/14/e428-is-you-is-or-is-you-aint-my-ai/
This TechDirt article was written by someone who has zero understanding of IP, theft, writing, or AI training.
First, the #Prosecraft fucker stole the content he fed his AI.
Second, the 'tool' doesn't help writers find their voice, it just puts numeric values on things it doesn't really understand.
Dear lord, we are so fucked when these are the people 'speaking for the consumer' on technology.
https://www.techdirt.com/2023/08/08/the-fear-of-ai-just-killed-a-very-useful-tool/
Prosecraft wasn't a sophisticated tool and the developer was obvs using it to promote his app but authors have lost their minds. Analysis was basic but benign, there's no AI, it's definitely not an LLM, it wasn't republishing texts, let alone generating new ones…
The actual villains - the predatory corporate rights harvesters and the venture-funded AI ghouls - aren't even in this story. It's just terrified authors vs some guy.
#ProseCraft #AI #LLM #copyright #author
https://blog.shaxpir.com/taking-down-prosecraft-io-37e189797121
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#Prosecraft did the harvesting, purportedly for "literary analysis"; meanwhile, those texts were used to "train" an AI service (shaxpir) to produce writing "in the style of your favorite author".
That's why him taking prosecraft offline doesn't do much for the intellectual property theft if he still has the data.
It's in the thread.
Report the theft if #Prosecraft listed your books.
https://www.iprcenter.gov/referral/report-ip-theft-form
Link mentioned in the image:
https://blog.shaxpir.com/top-ten-reasons-to-use-shaxpir-for-nanowrimo-this-year-9d42fe6df1b5
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