@svpino: Next time you pay me to paint your house, I’ll watermark your walls with my name. I did more work than you painting the…
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A tweet and reply discuss the fairness of watermarking AI-generated content, using an analogy of a house painter's work.
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Next time you pay me to paint your house, I’ll watermark your walls with my name.
I did more work than you painting them, so it’s only fair.
Adrian Werner (@AdrianWerner): It’s genAI. The company that owns the model definitelly did more of the work than you on that piece, so it makes sense to watermarks it
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