Should AI Companies Be Allowed to Train Models on Public Internet Content?

If we ban training on public data, we don't stop AI; we just ensure that AI only represents the wealthy and the powerful (https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/01/10/licensed-data-bias-ai/). If companies can only train on data they explicitly buy, they will buy the archives of the New York Times, Getty Images, and academic journals. They won't buy the blogs, forums, and public posts of average people, minorities, or marginalised groups. The resulting AI models will be incredibly biased, represen...