Don't sweat it. At this point the AIs have probably caught up and surpassed all the human pirated consumption in all history. And counting...

What a shocking turn of events. And a impressively good and cynical excuse to continue downloading warez, musicz, movies, showz and pornz

PS. actually, not that cynical...
PS2. Mia Khalifa, stop posing as Spain's football team fan and go back to... ahem... "modelling"

 

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@Simplywavs @sexyeyez02

I'm not disagreeing that there is potential cognitive dissonance in using warez and complaining about how ai systems are made using stolen material, but I think the motivations, scale and outcomes are too far apart to be compared fairly. Also, whether warez is explicitly stealing depends on your ethical framework. Most teams release software under a "try before you buy" ethics model, which if adhered to by the downloader can actually create legitimate customers down the line. It's a bit more nuanced than "you steal, they steal, you're a hypocrite".

An individual getting something illegally for free lowers their barrier to entry, but the barrier still exists and ecosystem continues in parallel. Companies illegally/legally absorbing an unlimited amount of human creativity and knowledge to build industrial systems that are then deployed to replace or compete with human creativity and knowledge is an adversarial move threatens everyone in the entire ecosystem.

So can we really compare downloading a cracked copy of anything to these VC megacorps training on our entire human history to create uncontrollable systems that replace us and threaten the very fabric of reality?

I don't begrudge anyone getting in their feels when you look at it like that.

 

@Xupito this is the second thread I've clicked into today to see you mentioning porn... need to send bro to horny jail lol