AI Is Being Trained Using Human Creative Output. Is That Fair?
KnowIt Conference
Eleanor M. Lackman will be speaking on the panel, "AI Is Being Trained Using Human Creative Output. Is That Fair?" on May 12, 2020 for the KnowIt Conference.
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"AI Is Being Trained Using Human Creative Output. Is That Fair?"
Tuesday, May 12, 2020
4:35 PM - 5:20 PM
Trademark & Copyright
AI training, which is a fundamental part of any AI project, has been in the news of late. For example, a Google AI was trained to speak more like a human by being fed human-created novels. A Sony/Flow Machines AI was trained to create music by being fed human-created songs. And an IBM AI was trained to recognize faces by being fed human-created photographs taken from Flickr. Even assuming that AI tools need to be trained this way for now (until it can emulate the more top down reasoning that more closely resembles the way that humans approach problems), there are still questions about what is, and what is not, fair. Should companies that use copyrighted material to train AI be required to ask permission first, and/or to compensate the underlying creators? Or is the AI training activity a fair use? If it’s not fair use, how do parties that want to “consume” creative works in this fashion go about seeking consent from hundreds or even millions of creators? What about larger societal issues? Some have called for changes in law and policy to promote social equity in the AI age, such as universal basic income and “robot taxes.” These are all questions that still need to be answered. Don’t miss this fascinating discussion about copyright’s place in the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Speakers:
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Lauryn Guttenplan, Deputy General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution
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Eleanor M. Lackman, Partner, Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP
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Nick Aries, Partner, Bird & Bird LLP