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Depends. Are they still making negative money with it? If so, then I'm gonna say no.
It's kind of like robbing a bank, killing everyone inside, then running out without taking anything, dropping your wallet in the process
*and also burning everyone else's money at the same time.
The whole business model of tech startups is to lose money until you cornered the market and make unfathomable amounts of money. By the time you realize „well shit, it really was the biggest heist in history“ it‘s already too late. They are too powerful to be punished for it. So this definition of yours plays right into their cards. The only saving grace here is that AI will never be profitable. But people said the same thing about Youtube and now it looks like Google might swallow Disney soon.
That model only works if people actually adopt the technology
Oh they do. Idiots on fb messenger using ai to edit pictures for thrblolz. They are customers.
So many dumb people love AI.
So, something is only theft if it is profitable?
That's a wonderfully liberating new definition.
Are you dense? That's not the question.
Ok chief. Because it really reads like you just said that in the comment above.
You know, I remember not too long ago when people on Lemmy tried to interpret each other charitably. Then everyone from Reddit came over, polluting the culture, and now practically every exchange on here feels like it's in bad faith.