Paul, You write "There are copyright laws to govern plagiarism. And, Ironically, AI can assist in their enforcement."
Your point is a red herring. The OP was noting that it is becoming increasingly obvious organizations are making noticeably less information freely available; and implicitly why that might be. Harry ________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2025 6:14 PM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: RTFM On Sat, 24 May 2025 22:04:03 +0000, Harry Wahl wrote: >ALCON: > >This is largely because of AI. > >Many content creators are cutting way back on what they make available on the >Internet. > >They must do this because they do not want AI bots taking their information >off their websites without crediting the creators and pretending it is AI >"intelligence," often misinterpreting and misrepresenting the sources they >draw from. > >As Noam Chomsky said about AI: "It's Basically High-Tech Plagiarism" and "A >Way Of Avoiding Actual Learning." > There are copyright laws to govern plagiarism. And, Ironically, AI can assist in their enforcement. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
