The economic turmoil that AI threatens by taking up jobs and roles, perhaps within the year, is only that turmoil.
Legal Battle Over AI and Intellectual Property
New York Times Lawsuit: The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for unspecified billions, alleging unauthorized scraping of content by ChatGPT.
Scope of Lawsuits: Non-fiction writers, including Julian Sancton, Jonathan Franzen, George R R Martin, and John Grisham, join the legal battle against ChatGPT for content misuse.
Existential Threat to Creativity: The legal actions highlight the pivotal role of intellectual property, emphasizing the existential threat AI poses to human creativity and ownership.
AI Training and Blowback
ChatGPT Training Data: ChatGPT is trained on a vast range of internet content, including Western literature, philosophy, and media arts, raising concerns about intellectual property rights.
AI's Acceptability Parameters: The blowback from entities like the New York Times signifies society's evolving stance on what is acceptable in AI training, revealing potential limits and areas of contention.
Unforeseen Consequences: Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, designed to prevent harm, inadvertently spark debates on AI's permissible role, especially concerning competition with human creativity.
Defending Creativity Against AI
Defining Violence in AI Competition: The First Law of Robotics, prohibiting harm to humans, prompts considerations about AI's role in competing with humans in ways that threaten their essence.
Economic Turmoil vs. Assistive Roles: The discussion shifts from economic turmoil due to AI-induced unemployment to recognizing AI's potential as an assistant in various fields.
Creativity as a Defended Asset: Creative individuals unite against AI, highlighting that creativity is a priceless asset worth defending, distinguishing humans from machines and triggering legal confrontations.