Hello,
I just watched a YouTube video by one of my favorite creators on that platform - Benn Jordan - and I'm absolutely livid, to the point where I feel the urge to share this with you.
AI data poisoning algorithms have been in the works for quite some time, basically from the moment people realized intellectual property rights will inevitably get violated. I've talked here about an algorithm that pollutes image data - Nightshade, one of our few tools in the fight against "AI art" models
This one, however, is for music. Models unlawfully scraping original music without consent has become a massive issue, as the music industry is being flooded with AI-generated crap that basically steals income from the artists that originally made the music. New tools and plugins and all kinds of "cool" tech are popping up daily, and it's gotten to the point where musicians are feeling the hit on their income.
The ethics surrounding these models are thorny, but one thing is clear - for them to shamelessly scrape your work without giving you a penny back is identical to them outright stealing money from you. It's a violation not only of your right as an artist, but that of you as a human. And it needs to stop.
This is where some incredibly clever people come in, people like Benn. I'm not smart enough to fully understand how this tech works, but he does a pretty splendid job laying out the basics in this video:
This, I think, is the future of protecting IP from illegal scraping. Sure, it will most likely be a paid service as the people developing it have to make a living as well, but it will allow you to regain control of where and how your music is being used. If an AI company wants to use it in their training data, they will be forced to pay you royalties for it, otherwise it will pollute and degrade their model. This takes agency away from the hands of greedy megacorp execs, and gives it back in the hands of the individual artist, where it should always be.
If we don't protect our art and let it fall victim to mindless, ruthless algorithms whose only purpose is generating massive amounts of money, we will lose our humanity on the way to the fully digital age. And we must not let that happen.
Let me know what you think.
With love,
Nydex
I just watched a YouTube video by one of my favorite creators on that platform - Benn Jordan - and I'm absolutely livid, to the point where I feel the urge to share this with you.
AI data poisoning algorithms have been in the works for quite some time, basically from the moment people realized intellectual property rights will inevitably get violated. I've talked here about an algorithm that pollutes image data - Nightshade, one of our few tools in the fight against "AI art" models
This one, however, is for music. Models unlawfully scraping original music without consent has become a massive issue, as the music industry is being flooded with AI-generated crap that basically steals income from the artists that originally made the music. New tools and plugins and all kinds of "cool" tech are popping up daily, and it's gotten to the point where musicians are feeling the hit on their income.
The ethics surrounding these models are thorny, but one thing is clear - for them to shamelessly scrape your work without giving you a penny back is identical to them outright stealing money from you. It's a violation not only of your right as an artist, but that of you as a human. And it needs to stop.
This is where some incredibly clever people come in, people like Benn. I'm not smart enough to fully understand how this tech works, but he does a pretty splendid job laying out the basics in this video:
This, I think, is the future of protecting IP from illegal scraping. Sure, it will most likely be a paid service as the people developing it have to make a living as well, but it will allow you to regain control of where and how your music is being used. If an AI company wants to use it in their training data, they will be forced to pay you royalties for it, otherwise it will pollute and degrade their model. This takes agency away from the hands of greedy megacorp execs, and gives it back in the hands of the individual artist, where it should always be.
If we don't protect our art and let it fall victim to mindless, ruthless algorithms whose only purpose is generating massive amounts of money, we will lose our humanity on the way to the fully digital age. And we must not let that happen.
Let me know what you think.
With love,
Nydex