• Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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    14 hours ago

    Does this work both ways? If Cuba can do it, then AI companies can do it too? Or are we just gonna keep running with the double standards?

    I frankly never quite understood why so many piracy advocates lose their minds when AI companies do the exact same thing they do. I don’t buy the “but it’s for profit” argument either - downloading movies, games, or apps does the exact same thing. There’s no practical difference between saving money and earning money.

    • Venia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      9 hours ago

      Does this work both ways? If Cuba can do it, then AI companies can do it too?

      No, because we make such deferences out of empathy and social awareness, which is a thing for humans. Clankers, by definition, can deserve no empathy.

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      4 hours ago

      why are you asking questions backwards if tote already answered?

      a company is not a person, the only benefit a company can get from it is PROFIT and the value a real human being gets from pirating varies from pure entertainment to cultural capital

      • Iconoclast@feddit.uk
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        4 hours ago

        What you get from pirating is not having to pay. Purchasing a movie still gives you the same entertainment and cultural capital.

        Nobody is obligated to hand out for free something they put time, effort, and capital into creating and running. If someone can justify to themselves that it’s okay to download it for free, then criticizing AI companies for doing the exact same thing is hypocritical on their part.

        Making money and saving money achieve exactly the same thing: you end up with more to spend.

        • sakuraba@lemmy.ml
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          4 hours ago

          Yeah because saving money as an individual is the same as a company choosing to not pay copyright holders so they can make more profit from pirating petabytes of info

          Very clever, you are clearly very intelligent

          Let me put an /s just so this doesn’t go over your head too