Max Leibman

"Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized."

Even if we set aside that this is a complaint about plagiarizing the use of a technology that is LITERALLY MADE OF PLAGIARISM, consider:

Say I write up how I made a cool piece of art in some app; if you follow the same steps, do I somehow own your output? And hell, that's not even what this is—it's more like someone posted their Google search terms or sandwich order, and are now mad others are using them.
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-prompt-plagiarism-art

Furious AI Users Say Their Prompts Are Being Plagiarized

A self-described AI ambassador is in shambles after she says other AI prompters have been plagiarizing her instructions.

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Jan 14 at 5:59pmWeb
Show threadMax LeibmanJan 14

People complaining about AI prompt plagiarism:

"I enjoy ordering a Jimmy John's BLT with no mayo."

[someone else orders a BLT with no mayo]

"How dare you! THIEF!"

Show threadMax LeibmanJan 14
"Max, that's not fair. Writing a good AI prompt takes real work."

Yes, I agree. When you use AI you are taking real work.

#plagiarism
Show threadcuan_knaggsJan 15
@maxleibman but max, ai is just a tool. and how you use it is all that matters. <- in case it wasn't clear, that was sarcasm
Show threadMichelleJan 14
@maxleibman booooooo!
Show threadRpsu (326 ppm)Jan 14

@maxleibman I’m not sure how it goes elsewhere but in Finland machine generated text is not protected by copyright at all and I suppose plagiarism is hence impossible?

From legal perspective all LLM content is free to use, copy and sell by anyone - or anything 😄

Show threadMax LeibmanJan 14
@rpsu I don't think that's settled here, but I know there have been a few rulings and opinions to that effect.

But what's absurd in this case is the complaint isn't that these users LLM output has been stolen, but their prompts—the text they gave the machine—are being plagiarized.

And on the one hand, yes, they wrote the prompt, so technically that part is their work; but on the other hand, they also shared it. If I post my favorite recipe publicly, you're allowed to make it.
Show threadRpsu (326 ppm)Jan 14
@maxleibman Writing a prompt doesn’t make the prompter author of the synthetic text the machine generates 😄
Show threadThree plus or minus fiveJan 14
@maxleibman
Of course they're mad: these are the idiots who honestly believe that the idea is the hard part and the execution is trivial. Of course they want to own it, or else AI doesn't serve the whole purpose of generating wealth for them.
Show threadspstanleyJan 14
@maxleibman I’m going to start referring to AI interactions as sandwich orders from now on.
Show threadNuclear OatmealJan 14

@maxleibman

Hm. I've got Photoshop at work, and there's the capability for generative AI. I kind of half want to follow this person and try to suss out their prompts.

Then again, I remind myself that this sort of trolling takes work and time. Neither of which I'm willing to give them.

Show threadFedo ¶Jan 15
@maxleibman +10 points for complaining about it in a website generating CSAM contents via AI prompts