If you boil it down to the AI companies are making money (subscriptions, etc.) based on content they did not pay to produce, then they are profiting from someone else's hard work.
Well, don't we have enough Acme Corporations in the world that were unprofitable and existed purely on VC life support before they killed off all the competition by dumping the prices, and then made them skyrocket to recoup investments and become profitable after becoming monopolists?
People at these companies are receiving a salary to do these things that the person you're responding to is opposed to.
While not all the companies in question may or may not be profiting from these things some of them are, and most if not all of their employees certainly are as well.
johneth|3 months ago
baxtr|3 months ago
Knowledge is shared among humanity at a rapid speed. Everyone benefits.
It’s mind boggling how anyone could be opposed to that.
dzhiurgis|3 months ago
BigTTYGothGF|3 months ago
wartywhoa23|3 months ago
Teever|3 months ago
While not all the companies in question may or may not be profiting from these things some of them are, and most if not all of their employees certainly are as well.