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If we create a new right to control training, that will not give creative workers control over AI training... It will give our bosses control over AI training, because they will amend our standard contracts to demand that we sign away our training rights to them.
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Grant individuals the right to opt out of being included in AI training data
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Disputed Disputed: the cited Bookshop page contains only the book description and publication metadata for *The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI* and does not contain the submitted quote. Doctorow published similar ideas earlier—on March 13, 2024 he wrote that media companies would amend one-sided contracts so creative workers sign over any new training right, and on November 18, 2024 he wrote that bosses would want to control or monetize AI-training rights—but I could not find the submitted wording verbatim in a reliable source. The stored quote appears to be a paraphrase/merge, not an exact 2026 Bookshop quote. ([bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/3214/9780374621568)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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