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The legal framework for AI is being built in real time, and a ruling in the Sarah Silverman case should give publishers pause (www.niemanlab.org)

submitted 11 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.ml

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[–] snooggums@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

How is something a crime if you do it once, but not if you do it a million times?

Companies get to steal from people all the time without repercussions through erroneous fees, 'mistakes' in billing, denying coverage, and even outright fraud only gets a slap on the wrist fine at best. But an average person steals $5 and they are thrown in jail.