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AI executive calls generative AI 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

Original: AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” https:// literature.cafe/post/35870676

An artificial intelligence industry executive has said the sector may have carried out 'the largest theft of labor in human history', referring to the way AI systems were trained on vast amounts of human-created work, much of it taken without payment or consent. The remark has drawn attention to ongoing anger among writers, artists and other workers over uncompensated use of their output.

Why now: The statement is striking because it comes from inside the AI industry itself, lending weight to criticism from workers whose labor was used to train AI systems.

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• AI exec: We may have pulled off “the largest theft of labor in human history.” https:// literature.cafe/post/35870676 · cm0002@literature.cafe · 2

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