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Hey there, sometimes I see people say that AI art is stealing real artists' work, but I also saw someone say that AI doesn't steal anything, does anyone know for sure? Also here's a twitter thread by Marxist twitter user 'Professional hog groomer' talking about AI art: https://x.com/bidetmarxman/status/1905354832774324356

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[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Incidentally, there's a similar case of corporate freeloading when it comes to open source. Corporations use projects developed by volunteers and save billions of dollars in the process, but rarely contribute anything back or help fund the projects they depend on.