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 Okay, but these people and institutions are still doing a shitty thing when they use the products of working artists without consent, credit or compensation to build a for-profit venture.
@PaulInRainCity Yes? That's my point. That it's people who are doing it. As opposed to framing the problem as something the AI is doing.
@Manigarm Gotcha. Think I misread part of what you said.