Emeritus Prof Christopher May1d ago

First they came for the illustrators.... Molly Crabapple on the greatest heist of intellectual property in history: big tech & its AI & related technologies are organised thieves robbing creatives of their livelihoods & property.

What has been happening in the creative industries is not a bug but a feature of how AI will dehumanise society & work, leaving us just playthings for the big tech billionaires.

To say Molly is (rightly) angry is an understatement!

#AI

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/apr/12/is-ai-the-greatest-art-heist-in-history

Is AI the greatest art heist in history?

New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it

The Guardian
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@ChrisMayLA6

Read about the Enclosures in the UK.

Rich people stealing the collective angloforming labor of centuries of commoners for themselves and creating the urban laboring poor.

Same shit going on right here. It feels like there are more class traitors today though.

Apr 12 at 6:34pmWeb