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Shared emphasis Recreating Adobe: AI and the limits of software copyright Policy & governance · 2 attributable reactions
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Established AI field signal Development 13d ago
AI developer open source Adobe clone

Recreating Adobe: AI and the limits of software copyright

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 2 attributable expert contributions · Nicole Hennig, Andres Guadamuz
“Recreating Adobe: AI and the limits of software copyright www.technollama.co.uk/recreating-ado… #AI #software #copyright” evidence ↗
5 experts 2 communities 1 sources clustered
James Grimmelmann Nicole Hennig Luis Villa Andres Guadamuz Stephan Geering
How the network is reacting 2 experts are emphasizing policy & governance.
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“Recreating Adobe: AI and the limits of software copyright www.technollama.co.uk/recreating-ado… #AI #software #copyright”

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Established Safety & security Resource 19d ago
AI safety whistleblower legal fund

AI Safety Whistleblower Legal Defense Fund - LASST

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Why this matches Policy & governance reaction 1 attributable expert contribution · Luis Villa
“eg this (which I just learned about and is great!) should have a multi-million dollar rainy day fund and a large PR budget on top of a legal budget. lasst.org/ai-safety-wh...” evidence ↗
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Luis Villa

“eg this (which I just learned about and is great!) should have a multi-million dollar rainy day fund and a large PR budget on top of a legal budget. lasst.org/ai-safety-wh...”

2 experts discussed this · 4 posts
Luis Villa: Would love for some folks who’ve benefited materially from shitty companies to fund serious, organized, ongoing whistleblowing protection efforts rather than just tooting their own horns.
James Grimmelmann: Sorry to bother @riana.bsky.social about this twice in one day, but at least LASST does have a whistleblower legal defense fund.
Luis Villa: eg this (which I just learned about and is great!) should have a multi-million dollar rainy day fund and a large PR budget on top of a legal budget. lasst.org/ai-safety-wh...
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4 experts · 26 posts · 19d ago
James Grimmelmann Luis Villa VE, cybersocial occult investigator A. Feder Cooper
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“Yeah, David is an interesting case (an exception that tests the rule?). He was doing thoughtful tech policy stuff in the early 2000s. I was both surprised/disappointed but somewhat hopeful when he …” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Context & explanation · 2 Questions & unknowns · 1
James Grimmelmann: I don’t think the co-founder of Upturn is cynically trading in on leaving OpenAI to make his lifelong dream of running a nonprofit come true.
James Grimmelmann: Or Tyler Whitmer?
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4 experts · 14 posts · 11d ago
Tim Carmody Luis Villa Amy Hoy B! 🐝 Cavello (they/them)
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“It also varies by model and in some cases by plan/policy” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Building & implementation · 1 Research & technical analysis · 1 Context & explanation · 1
Amy Hoy: summarizing text is actually an incredibly difficult task (for people) and i’m continuously surprised that it’s positioned as being trivial
Amy Hoy: i assumed so. but yeah diff models will work better for diff stuff as jake says, but imo none of them are great at it except the frontier models
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4 experts · 10 posts · 15d ago
Luis Villa Doll Isaiah Bishop jeremymorrell.dev
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“the issue with this is that SaaS is quite cheap and often there is data and legal seperation thats quite nice. The idea youre paying for the code isnt quite right” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 2 Building & implementation · 1
Doll: People are not thinking long horizon in the replies. AI is going to keep getting better at coding and the math for the SAAS calculations is shifting under everyones feet and you just havent noticed…
Isaiah Bishop: the issue with this is that SaaS is quite cheap and often there is data and legal seperation thats quite nice. The idea youre paying for the code isnt quite right
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3 experts · 13 posts · 16d ago
Andrew Selbst Luis Villa Blake E. Reid
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“Same and also I had lots of professors do this in law school?” evidence ↗
Multiple readings Policy & governance · 2 Concern & critique · 1
Andrew Selbst: I am transparent about my views in class and I emphasize that they are mine and people are free to disagree if they have reasons. I think being intellectually honest about arguments’ strengths and …
Andrew Selbst: That was my stance long before the magic machine could tell them my views too.
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