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Developer sparks debate over AI and labor exploitation

Original: RE: https:// mastodon.gamedev.place/@aeva/1 17413312861881267 "AI" (LLMs) are just a way for the rich to have their cake

A game developer's commentary arguing that large language models amount to a way for the wealthy to have their cake and eat it is circulating among tech workers. The argument holds that if AI systems are merely statistical models built on human labor, they constitute copyright infringement, while claims of sentience are used to dodge accountability. Responses are echoing the critique of how AI companies treat creative and intellectual work.

Why now: Ongoing public anger over AI training on workers' and creators' output without consent or compensation

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• RE: https:// mastodon.gamedev.place/@aeva/1 17413312861881267 "AI" (LLMs) are just a way for the rich to have their cake and eat it to. Look, either they are just statistical models of labor and then they are simple copyright infringement but not sentient so the tech could be… · martin_t · 7

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