EU's proposed law to regulate AI
The EU's proposed law to regulate AI and nonintelligent "AI" takes mostly
the right approach: to regulate by laws the uses of these systems.
The attempt to control these uses by releasing trained neural networks
under nonfree licenses is misguided: it is nondemocratic, unjust, and
probably ineffective, just as it is for other software.
For the directive as described here, I am concerned that a fine of 6%
of global gross revenue could be an acceptable business expense for
very large companies. I think that individuals crucially responsible
for flagrantly illegal decisions should be prosecuted and face
possible prison sentences.
I am concerned that the proposal may enact a bad assumption about the
breadth of copyright. When ChatGPT or something like it copies a
small snippet of text that appeared in some unidentified work, or
perhaps in many otherwise different unidentified works, that should
not be copyright infringement on those works. it would not be
copyright infringement if you did the same thing in your head.
Therefore, the requirement to list the copyright of all the works used
for training is excessive.