Academic Fracking: When Publishers Sell Scholars Work to AI
peter.suber's bookmarks 2024-07-31
Summary:
"If we are ever going to get the AI that we hope for—the kind that is insanely helpful, accurate, and insightful, then we are going to need to find a way to transfer all of our captured knowledge over to it. That should ideally be a process that honors and recognizes the countless authors who have something to contribute. It should be celebrated and honored; not hidden away and not mentioned by the companies doing it."