AI's aren't sentient. They can't "steal."

Programmers and institutions select the data with which to train the model. They take art and writing from artists and authors without credit or payment. The software then remixes and mimics what it is given.

Displacing agency by attributing intent to the AI is exactly how people and institutions erase human action in the creation of technology. It also leads to further perceptions of technology as acultural, unbiased, and, in essence, magical.

@Manigarm I'm increasingly reading "AI" as artificial innocence. Much accurate description of what it actually is + who's responsible for its endless misgivings

@lochlomondwhiskey @Manigarm

and my default reading is Al, as in "you can call me Al"