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"If artificial intelligence mimics our brains, does that mean it too can
unlearn something it knows?
That question is central to lawsuits filed by a range of creatives who say
their copyrighted work was infringed by OpenAI and Meta. But making an AI
“forget” isn’t the same as removing the blocky chips from HAL 9000’s digital
brain in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” In fact, the lawsuits raise the question: is
“unlearning” even possible for an AI? And, if not, are there other ways to
ensure generative AI programs don’t draw from copyrighted material, short of
tearing them down?
Enter “algorithmic destruction,” a term that entails trashing an AI model that
may have taken years and millions of dollars to train, then rebuilding it from
scratch by inputting only fair-use text, images and data.
That would be “the most extreme remedy” to issues highlighted in lawsuits like
those filed against OpenAI and Meta, said Pamela Samuelson, a UC Berkeley
professor and expert in generative AI and copyright law.
But, she said, it’s not unthinkable."
Via Ellen Ullman and Dave Farber.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
