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LWD@lemm.ee 1 year agoYou described machines as efficient, and I am agreeing with you: The machines in question are efficient at stealing. Do you agree with this, or is there some detail in this that offends you?
archomrade@midwest.social 1 year ago
Oh, well then no, I’m not sure I agree. Doesn’t offend me though!
But that’s not because I don’t think that creators should be paid, I just happen to think they should be paid regardless of how well the work can be monetized. AI is just another tool, like the cotton gin. Useful, maybe not for art, but also not innately good or bad by itself.
LWD@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I count your virtue of wanting artists to be paid sufficiently signaled. However, by using the common AI defender thought terminating cliche “it’s just a tool” you’ve cut short any rational conversation about how this tool has been used, and will continue to be used, to steal in scale.
Your fantasies sound nice, but why not engage in reality?
archomrade@midwest.social 1 year ago
Theft of work value from the working class has existed since kings and queens have married their cousins.
Anger at AI for theft is just plainly misdirected. I count your condemnation of theft sufficiently signaled, though.
LWD@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Okay, so you acknowledge it’s theft, you’re just offended by the fact that people dislike that kind of theft.
It’s mighty convenient for large corporations that are engaging in the theft that you lick their boots.