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Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

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jacquesm · 1789726316 · focus · HN ↗
It's the robbery of all of our culture to sell it back to us at a mark-up. Crimes this large are crimes against humanity. So many people whose life's work got appropriated without consideration, compensation or consent it is baffling.
It is said that at the heart of every great fortune there is a great crime, so it should be no surprise that the most valuable companies on the planet will most likely result from this crime. And given that justice can be bought by those with the most money you can forget about anything coming of this.
1. user43928 · 1789730815 · focus · HN ↗
  It is the largest democratization of knowledge that ever happened.
  The 'sell it back to us' argument falls short in my view.
  Free versions are abundant, and in some time useful models will ship preinstalled on all mobile phones.
  The comment here seems incredibly pessimistic and quite dramatical.
  1. puelocesar · 1789737035 · focus · HN ↗
    Ah, this remembers me when I was also young and naive.
    Good times when we thought the internet would be great for democracy because knowledge would be easily available for everyone. Fast forward to 2026 and even the leader of terrible communist regime like China is looking better than the shitheads we got on the democratic west..

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