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An AI industry executive is quoted describing the development of artificial intelligence as possibly "the largest theft of labor in human history." The remark surfaced through documents disclosed in an ongoing lawsuit, which reportedly capture how tech leaders talk privately about training systems on human-created work without compensation. The comments are drawing attention to debates over whether AI companies have unfairly used writers, artists and other workers' output.

A writer argues that people have arrived exactly where the 'tech bro oligarchy' wanted them: surrendering personal data en masse to be chopped up and sold to the highest bidder. The piece rails against mindless compliance with an ongoing onslaught from the tech industry, warning that anyone active online in recent years has already been swept into this data economy.

A commentary circulating online argues that the technology sector has developed a deeply defensive culture, built around protecting the self-image of workers as uniquely gifted geniuses bringing civilization forward. The writer claims that pointing out flaws to people in this culture rarely produces a rational reply, as criticism is treated as an attack on that identity rather than on specific ideas or practices.