Doing Business Without Intellectual Property

Doing Business Without Intellectual Property
This photo illustration created in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2023 shows an AI girl generator reflected between a computer screen and cell phone. Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images
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The topic of intellectual property (IP) is a difficult one, a point that requires serious thought to understand in its fullness. It’s become the subject of debate with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI). The products of LLM (large language model) are not subject to copyright control and this is by design: open sourcing is a precondition for wide distribution and acceptance. Indeed, most of the top entrepreneurs working on AI have spoken out against intellectual property and even called for its abolition.

Jeffrey A. Tucker
Jeffrey A. Tucker
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Jeffrey A. Tucker is the founder and president of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press, as well as 10 books in five languages, most recently “Liberty or Lockdown.” He is also the editor of “The Best of Ludwig von Mises.” He writes a daily column on economics for The Epoch Times and speaks widely on the topics of economics, technology, social philosophy, and culture. He can be reached at [email protected]