By the same argument, if stealing is illegal then that just means a few greedy people will have all the money.

There is a kind of techie trope where the logical thinking of computer science is applied to the law in a more creative way. And VC start up culture cranks this up to the next level by treating illegal activity as more than acceptable if the fines do not overly impact the profit margin.

There is definitely a subjective call for our society on what we want to do with copyright. I've been a proponent of copyleft for a long time but I'm not going to imply that the law as it stands condones piracy or plagiarism.

If this thing is not regulated for copyright, you know that communism is here. There is no better analogy than power of the collective knowledge used by nomenclature and oligarchy. Some people know the suffering and horrors resulting from this type of societal contract.

Looking at AI as only a technology is wrong.

Technology has implementation. This makes the difference.

Megacorporations are investing in AI led by bankers into a future against human qualities and substance. This is clear but requires non-biased view, critical thinking and following the money.

ML can be applied properly and with respect for copyright and humanity. The current crop of stochastic parrots is an insult to common sense.

I don't expect people which make money with this tech to be objective. They love the power of the moment and the promising future of domination.

But let's be honest here, this is the heist of the century.