alt Hacker NewsIntellectual property was kind of a gimmick to begin with, though. Let's not pretend like copyright and patents made any sense to begin with
Intellectual property was kind of a gimmick to begin with, though. Let's not pretend like copyright and patents made any sense to begin with
They exist to protect the creator/inventor and allows them to get an ROI on their invested time/effort. But honestly today, the abundance of content, especially that can be generated by LLM, completely breaks this. We're overwhelmed with choice. Content has been comodotized. People will need to come to grasp with that and find other ways to get an ROI.
The article does provide a hint: "Operate". One needs to get paid for what LLMs cannot do. A good example is Laravel. They built services like Forge, Cloud, Nightwatch around open source.