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by protocolture 342 days ago
If I can use my brain to learn, I as a human can use my computer to learn.

Its like, taking notes, or google image search caching thumbnails. Honestly we dont even need the learning metaphor to see this is obviously not an infringement.
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palmotea 342 days ago
> If I can use my brain to learn, I as a human can use my computer to learn.

No, you can't. The only thing you can learn with is your own mind (e.g. loading notes into your laptop is not you learning).

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protocolture 342 days ago
Right but there's more potential reproducibility in the notes than the AI model. Like other than some philosophical aversion to the word "Learn" its clearly not infringing.

>loading notes into your laptop is not you learning

I dont want to get too distracted by this, but tptb really hate me (questioning american notions of excellence draws the eye of sauron) and have limited my posting. Note taking is actually crucial to my actually learning things. I am largely a kinaesthetic learner, but when it comes to pure data retention, if I am not writing it out, it goes straight through. Note taking is crucial to my learning new things and retaining data, and I know I am not the only one.

Heck its a common (or was common) for writers to completely rewrite, by hand the books of "great" authors to try and learn their "voice".

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