From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 19:51:57 +1300, Titus G  wrote:   
      
   >On 31/10/25 17:50, Don wrote:   
   >> Lynn McGuire wrote:   
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   >>> So does this mean that all book reviewers are infringing the author’s   
   >>> copyright ?  I think not.   
   >>    
   >> When writing THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE Thomas Jefferson sought to    
   >> simulate the style of Satan's speeches in PARADISE LOST by Milton. It's    
   >> not plagiarism proper per se, but it's something similar. Tom Kratman    
   >> used to do the same sort of thing here. He channeled the styles of other   
   >> authors to flame with flair.   
   >>     In my naivety, AI's Large Language Models seemed suitable to set up   
   >> a side-by-side stylistic schema between the THE DECLARATION and    
   >> PARADISE LOST. It never happened. Instead AI spewed out generalities.   
   >>     Apparently AI always answers, even when it's ignorant of the   
   >> subject matter. (RAH said Plebes are expected to always answer    
   >> upperclassmen at West Point, no? If so, it sounds superlatively stupid.)   
   >>     One thing led to another in my search for a side-by-side. Eventually    
   >> Noam Chomsky's methodology showed up as a potential solution. It then   
   >> became clear to give it up due to my lack of the requisite skill set.   
   >>        
   >   
   >Five blind AI's meet an elephant.......   
   >   
   >There are umpteen different AI options available on the web. It is only   
   >natural that their quality will differ but AI is often referred to as   
   >one entity as if they are all equal, (an illusion that most USAian's   
   >believe of themselves).   
      
   And if legally-binding restrictions (ie, applications of copyright   
   law) are found to apply, each and every AI that violates one or more   
   of them will makes its owners liable for legal action.   
      
   Oh, and /criminal/ copyright infringement can include time in jail.   
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   "Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,   
   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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