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[–] Trihilis@ani.social 75 points 2 days ago (2 children)

When a regular person makes something available that shouldnt be behind a paywall to begin with it's stealing. When a billionaire or company uses ai to gather data from paid sources or just straight out plagiarises it's just maximising profits.

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 39 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Hey hey hey, hold on just a second. It's not called "maximizing profits", we don't do that! It's called ✨innovation✨

[–] meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 days ago

democratization 🫡

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago

Using public information to create something new is not even a little the same as copying private information and then making it public.