While this might be a boon for AI research, it will be a disaster for privacy and the rights of users on Reddit and other sites that have been used for AI training. Large-language models vacuum massive amounts of data as part of their training, with their opaque nature of the inner workings of these products means that misleading or defamatory information might be spat out as their knowledge base increases, with little recourse for those affected.
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