John Naughton stresses we should never forget that the development of Artificial Intelligence (so-called), has involved 'possible by the largest case of corporate theft in history.. [Big tech] was content just to mine our time & attention, but now it has moved on to appropriating the intellectual property of creative artists on a global scale'!

The theft of copyright(s) has a long history, but normally its been stolen *from* corporations, not *by* them!

#copyright #AI
https://observer.co.uk/news/columnists/article/paul-mccartneys-silent-song-tells-us-musicians-must-come-together-to-fight-the-ai-looters