Tim Sweeney, the founder and CEO of Fortnite studio Epic Games, has weighed in with his thoughts on AI and generative AI. Advancements to these technologies have been much-discussed of late in the world of video games, entertainment, and numerous other business sectors. Speaking to researcher Matthew Ball, Sweeney said AI will change the world and create a lot of jobs, while also noting there are numerous issues and problems in the road ahead as well.
Starting off, Sweeney commented on how companies train their AI models. Sweeney said companies should not train their models on data if they do not have “clear and explicit permission from the creator of the data to do that.” Researchers at universities who are not creating commercial products, however, could consider training data this way, Sweeney said.
“If a company buys ownership of the data from the creator of the data or gets permission to use it for training AI, it’s fair game. And they shouldn’t train AI on that data if they don’t have that permission,” he said.
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