brentpatterson

@stux@mstdn.social Attorneys for meta called me last year asking if I would be an expert witness and testify that the models that 3D artists make are worthless (they were caught stealing datasets from an eastern European design company and were/are being sured for billions). I said no. Meta is one of the most corrosive, corrupt, morally bankrupt and society-damaging companies that has ever existed.

I also got the impression that our legal systems are in no way fast enough to stem the damage they will do to our creative classes and they know this and are working as fast they can to grab as much as they can before laws catch up to their crimes. https://www.wired.com/story/new-documents-unredacted-meta-copyright-ai-lawsuit/

After several phone calls they eventually told me that they would not need my services. But I was left with the distinct impression that mega rich institutions like Schmeta and and Schmarvard are gleefully stealing every aspect of our culture to position themselves to resell it back to us.

I said I was happy to exhibit how long it takes to make these models, but that it might not be what they want as it is still a time-intensive craft that takes years to learn how to do creatively and competently. They said they didn't want me to lie, but that was not what they were looking for.

These attorney's wanted me to show that I could make textured 3D models quickly and and easily in Blender to exhibit how easy they are to make and that the lawsuit against them for stealing hundreds of thousands of 3D models was worthless. They were willing to pay me significantly to do this.

@overholt@glammr.us I was never told which unit of "Schmarvard" was involved. However, there were evidently competitions promoted by Schmeta to use the stolen dataset to train AI to either recognize or create 3D models of furniture.

@BartV@mastodon.social @blendernation@mastodon.online certainly.

@technotion@urbanists.social most definitely, yes