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orthoclad

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5. AI is stolen labor

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:36 PM

21 hrs ago

the purest form of capitalism: scavenge lifetimes of copyrighted creativity to create a cheap, shoddy product that's FUN. All of us with no artistic talent at all can instantly access all that stolen labor. And you don't even have to run a factory or sweatshop, just burn a small country's worth of power to create FUN illusions.

Seeing all these AI slop cartoons here on DU is offensive. There should be a warning before clicking and viewing. I don't want to participate in climate-destroying theft. I support human artists by buying their work.

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If you don't yet understand why AI-generated "art" is a bad thing, see what this AI-generated children's encyclopedia [View all] highplainsdem 22 hrs ago OP

Scary. cachukis 22 hrs ago #1

By definition AI is a fraud. It's a magic trick. Klarkashton 22 hrs ago #2

Behind the Bastards did episodes on AI-slop children's books swamping Amazon's virtual shelves RockRaven 22 hrs ago #3

Those AI-slop books make money for Amazon when people are gullible enough to buy them. highplainsdem 22 hrs ago #4

AI is stolen labor orthoclad 21 hrs ago #5

I oppose Matthew28 21 hrs ago #6

Then they should pay the true cost of the AI, orthoclad 21 hrs ago #7