The way I see things, it all starts from the interests of the participants. Stable diffusion got their publicity from opening their model, but their interests are squeezing a maximal profit from it. And then there is Dall-E and midjourney, with similar incentives.
Then there are narratives. They are weaved so that the suggested actions and solutions will somehow fit the interests of the participants. The narrative can be CSAM, it can be copyright of artists and owners of the training set, the narrative can be disinformation. The narrative doesn't care that current laws do not prohibit anything and that it's all legal. The narrative justifies actions the participants wanted to do because of their interests.
And finally there are actions. They can push legislations, but that's not the only tool (and yes it's slow). Companies can always comply and cooperate, especially when their interests align. Google itself is a participant, with Imagen. They can create a restrictive policy and kick things off their search engine, because that is in their interests too, not because of a narrative or legislation. Just like they profited in YouTube for every piracy site suppressed.
The interests of every single company is stacked against individuals running this at home for free. There are enough narratives to be weaved to justify actions which would stop that.
For decades, and in many countries even today, just getting paid to drive someone in your car is illegal, and you need a "taxi license". It doesn't need to make sense. We could end up with required license to use generative AI in 10 years and nobody would bat an eye after decades of propaganda and narratives.
Then there are narratives. They are weaved so that the suggested actions and solutions will somehow fit the interests of the participants. The narrative can be CSAM, it can be copyright of artists and owners of the training set, the narrative can be disinformation. The narrative doesn't care that current laws do not prohibit anything and that it's all legal. The narrative justifies actions the participants wanted to do because of their interests.
And finally there are actions. They can push legislations, but that's not the only tool (and yes it's slow). Companies can always comply and cooperate, especially when their interests align. Google itself is a participant, with Imagen. They can create a restrictive policy and kick things off their search engine, because that is in their interests too, not because of a narrative or legislation. Just like they profited in YouTube for every piracy site suppressed.
The interests of every single company is stacked against individuals running this at home for free. There are enough narratives to be weaved to justify actions which would stop that.
For decades, and in many countries even today, just getting paid to drive someone in your car is illegal, and you need a "taxi license". It doesn't need to make sense. We could end up with required license to use generative AI in 10 years and nobody would bat an eye after decades of propaganda and narratives.