• Telorand@reddthat.com
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    11 months ago

    One could argue simply posting something online is consent, especially when in a publicly accessible location.

    That’s exactly the argument of the companies slurping up online data. The problem is that not explicitly revoking consent ≠ granting consent. It’s the same argument employed by rapists. “They didn’t say no…” and obviously, we recognize that extreme example as fallacious reasoning (specifically Denying the Antecedent).

    • Let C be “denial of consent.”
    • Let L be “use by LLMs.”
    • C => !L ✅
    • !C => L ❌

    If I post something online, I’m not defacto granting that I want a machine or a corporation using those words for their gain, and that likewise applies to anyone who does not expressly grant consent to use their online interactions for someone else’s profit.

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      11 months ago

      Are we really comparing commenting online to rape now? That’s a huge leap

      These are public sites that are used for free I don’t think there’s really any expectation of privacy, additional translation software is far from a nefarious thing.