AI Training Theft Debate

The cluster revolves around heated arguments on whether using copyrighted material to train AI models amounts to stealing, robbery, or theft, with one side insisting it is blatant theft and the other dismissing it as hyperbole.

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Sample Comments

Rapzid • May 7, 2023 • View on HN

Well, there is the stealing part.

SamReidHughes • Dec 20, 2018 • View on HN

Because some thief is getting away with it.

rokhayakebe • Aug 25, 2015 • View on HN

It is robbery, I am perplexed how you fail to see it.

sidewndr46 • Apr 12, 2024 • View on HN

You steal from those who can't talk to the police

astrodust • May 8, 2019 • View on HN

These are just asking to get "stolen".

jeroen • Aug 28, 2008 • View on HN

Surely the robbery part is theft. :)

pjmlp • Oct 19, 2018 • View on HN

The point is about stealing, not who about gets stolen.

ge96 • May 24, 2022 • View on HN

How do people do that blatant theft.

91Jacob • May 13, 2025 • View on HN

Sounds like a great way to get robbed

8note • Aug 4, 2021 • View on HN

It's still something that can be stolen