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#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176 -
#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176 -
#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176 -
#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176 -
#Scifi #authors #Scalzi & #Stross decry #AI's dystopian impact on their craft
LLMs are theft by 'absolute scum' who make life harder for writers
"They're stealing copyrighted material to train an #LLM that is intended to compete for revenue with the authors of the works they stole, and they're fine-tuning their LLMs to make them as addictive as possible in order to maximize future revenue once they pivot to token sales as their main source of income," #CharlesStross wrote
https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/08/03/sci-fi-authors-scalzi-and-stross-decry-ais-dystopian-impact-on-their-craft/5282176