• SlayersFan@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    Back in the day in the Roman Empire, they used a bunch of slaves to build the infrastructure and stuff, like the water systems, you know? And like, later on, those are still valuable and used as a way to just map out the way we do things today. One thing doesn’t necessarily negate the other one. Yes, it can be mass theft, and it can be an advancement at the same time.

    • moustachio@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      I mean you don’t need to go back to Rome to realize modern society has always been capable of stealing other peoples work and selling it… and not calling that “technological advancement.”

      So because LLMs steal mathematically doesn’t mean they’re impressive. LLMs existed before the robbers used them to steal.