HarperCollins is asking authors to sell their books to the A.I. woodchipper
Author Daniel Kibblesmith, who revealed the offer from the massive publisher, called it "Abominable"
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In one of those developments that feels a bit like what we get instead of actual good things happening in the world of the modern internet, it sounds like the situation surrounding artificial intelligence training is about to move from “A thing nobody likes is happening” to “A thing nobody likes is happening, and also some people are getting paid to say it’s okay.” This, per a recent social media post from author and Colbert writer Daniel Kibblesmith, who revealed that he was approached by publisher HarperCollins about including his kids book Santa’s Husband (illustrated by A.P. Quach) in a deal the publisher is making to provide portions of their library to “a large tech company” for the purposes of training an A.I. language learning model.