23 June

And one more viral outrage. To be specific here (outrages never do specifics). This isn’t a breach of copyright, which is only about copies and performances. AI is only learning from existing music so it can produce its own unique output. Do existing artists pay for what they learn from other musicians? Nobody sends a royalty cheque to The Beatles every time a young songwriter learns a chord progression from them, nor to Bob Dylan every time someone uses his lyrical style. Does social media pay for all of people’s personal information about their lives, that generate revenue for the platforms? Where’s the outrage? People fall over themselves to vomit their most intimate details onto the platforms every day, for free.