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orthoclad

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7. Then they should pay the true cost of the AI,

Reply to Matthew28 (Reply #6)

Fri Jun 26, 2026, 02:46 PM

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including damages for the copyrighted stolen intellectual property the machine was trained on and the huge amounts of power and water wasted on it.

The costs are externalized and concealed, and the world at large pays them.

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Then they should pay the true cost of the AI, orthoclad Yesterday #7