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What's the Marxist analysis of "generative AI"? (hexbear.net)

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Is using generative AI ethical?
Is contributing to its development ethical?
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Due to my own background, I may be remembering more discussed on the topic than there actually is, but the translation on Marxism.org uses the phrase intellectual production multiple times to discuss what is clearly a form of intellectual property. The concept of The Commons, including it's form as a well from which ideas are drawn, goes back thousands of years. And while it may not be an exact 1 to 1 of our present day, Marx was definitely familiar with the enclosure of The Commons. I doubt he would have that much of a problem extrapolating a scenario resembling our present day.