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of things from copyrighted books and movies, etc.  There no such thing as protected concepts, thoughts, ideas, or words.  Even IP is only protected from being “used” illegally and learning and understanding it isn’t “use”.    

I read a book.  I paid for it.  Maybe that’s the issue.  Patents are protected from being used, not being read or understood.  

If it’s in the internet and not behind a paywall, it’s fair use to learn from.  

If I write a book report, is that infringement?   If I am inspired by a work of art and I paint something, is that infringement?   No.  

Similar to is not the same as “copied”.  Authors and artists are just upset a computer does it and there’s no carve out in law for that… yet.  

"Training" is just a marketing term. Generative AI programs, like any computer program, require a database in order to work. No data = no output. If copyrighted works are part of the database, then the company that owns the program needs to have paid to license those works. Think of it like a generative video game similar to No Man's Sky. Yes, the program can procedurally generate things but it's still dependent on the database of assets that the game designers built for it to use.