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		freejazz on July 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The data that powers AI is disappearing fast >I do think I should be allowed to read your book & do math with it. This is such a painfully obtuse construction of what is occurring that it escapes any reasonable discussion.

ycombinatrix on July 24, 2024 [–]

Up to you. You can stop people from reading your book but you can't stop people from doing math.

freejazz on July 24, 2024 | [–]

You are being obtuse, copying is "just math" and is already illegal. "Just math" is not a legal argument, this is childish.

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