Post by @alessandro@cosocial.ca

2026-07-15 13:20 UTC

@leeloo@c.im I agree from the tech bros' POV, but we're talking about the end user here. It seems a bit much to accuse anybody who uses AI of theft when it's more like second-degree piracy. I don't think that framing is helpful in getting people to take a step back and reevaluate their usage - but maybe I'm just tone policing, IDK @astronomerritt@hachyderm.io

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@leeloo@c.im 2026-07-15 13:25

@alessandro@cosocial.ca @astronomerritt@hachyderm.io So the comparison should be buying stolen goods. Most people can understand that buying stolen goods increases the demand for stolen goods, and thus the risk of someone breaking into your home.

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@aka_quant_noir@hcommons.social 2026-07-15 13:28

@alessandro@cosocial.ca @leeloo@c.im @astronomerritt@hachyderm.io Just a thought, maybe the end user is the reader or viewer. Maybe if anyone has an argument for using AI it's them, perhaps to condense or summarize results for the tldr issue. Not the producer of articles, who should absolutely be paying someone if they're producing for profit. If the audience wants to feed those summaries back as a comment, caveat emptor.

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@iju@mastodon.social 2026-07-15 13:38

@alessandro@cosocial.ca @leeloo@c.im @astronomerritt@hachyderm.io Keep in mind that ai isn't free. The bill is still in the mail. Public opposition of usage of ai is as much about reminding of this fact, as it's about creators' rights, or accuracy.

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@ariaflame@masto.ai 2026-08-20 07:40

@alessandro@cosocial.ca @leeloo@c.im @astronomerritt@hachyderm.io Being a fence? Receiver of stolen goods?

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