You are soooooo on it! I just read a post on Instagram from a person I follow that her work was on that list training AI. Now, here you are giving me the backstory and a course of action moving forward. Bravo!!!! This newsletter is exactly what I didn’t know I needed.
Thank you so much, Brooke, for keeping us informed. I appreciate you breaking this down so I can have a better understanding of the terminology and the risks.
Great summary of what’s going on. Three of my novels are on the list, stories I worked my tail off to put out into the world, and I’m not happy either. I recently rejoined the Authors Guild and wrote the letter but could do more. Thanks for the motivation!
After I saw writers’ angry posts on Instagram, I wondered what I could do or how I could help. Along came your timely article. I’m now an Author’s Guild member and so much better informed. Thank you for this!
Thank you very much for posting this. My work has not been pilfered (yet??), but I am not happy about the prospects for future. Copyright means nothing to certain corporations...
One other thought is that unheralded, unknown authors, particularly those who try their hands at fiction, probably sell more than 90% of their books via Amazon. It is unfortunate that we are all more or less forced to deal with that company in order to survive as writers.
Thank you for enlightening me about both AI and open-source libraries. Until I read this article, I avoided reading about AI out of dread—now I’ve got better informed dread ;), but also some action steps to take (as well as your further reading list to delve into). I must admit, I had a broad-stroke enthusiasm for open-source digital libraries for the reasons you named. You’ve alerted me to the serious pitfalls with such unregulated dissemination. I appreciate this article, as well as your other articles on substack.
Thanks for this. My situation is a little different: aside from my own Substack my only internet presence has been an online gallery for my photography, which I shut down after deleting all content in hope of preventing its use in training sets. But that does not guarantee preventing misuse any more than does the embedding of copyright notices in the image files.
You are soooooo on it! I just read a post on Instagram from a person I follow that her work was on that list training AI. Now, here you are giving me the backstory and a course of action moving forward. Bravo!!!! This newsletter is exactly what I didn’t know I needed.
So glad, Niki. Thanks for reading. :)
Thank you so much, Brooke, for keeping us informed. I appreciate you breaking this down so I can have a better understanding of the terminology and the risks.
Great summary of what’s going on. Three of my novels are on the list, stories I worked my tail off to put out into the world, and I’m not happy either. I recently rejoined the Authors Guild and wrote the letter but could do more. Thanks for the motivation!
After I saw writers’ angry posts on Instagram, I wondered what I could do or how I could help. Along came your timely article. I’m now an Author’s Guild member and so much better informed. Thank you for this!
Thank you very much for posting this. My work has not been pilfered (yet??), but I am not happy about the prospects for future. Copyright means nothing to certain corporations...
One other thought is that unheralded, unknown authors, particularly those who try their hands at fiction, probably sell more than 90% of their books via Amazon. It is unfortunate that we are all more or less forced to deal with that company in order to survive as writers.
and thank you Lenny for restacking. Else I would not have found it.
Thank you for enlightening me about both AI and open-source libraries. Until I read this article, I avoided reading about AI out of dread—now I’ve got better informed dread ;), but also some action steps to take (as well as your further reading list to delve into). I must admit, I had a broad-stroke enthusiasm for open-source digital libraries for the reasons you named. You’ve alerted me to the serious pitfalls with such unregulated dissemination. I appreciate this article, as well as your other articles on substack.
Thanks for this. My situation is a little different: aside from my own Substack my only internet presence has been an online gallery for my photography, which I shut down after deleting all content in hope of preventing its use in training sets. But that does not guarantee preventing misuse any more than does the embedding of copyright notices in the image files.
I love your article! I'm going to join Authors Guild
We may be forced to adopt a US version of samizdat.
"Back in the US!/Back in the US!/Back in the USSR!"