Some Thing is Happening A note from the AI companies
READ THE ORIGINAL SOURCEOpen original sourcealanbellows.com · Opens in a new tabA satirical open letter, framed as a note from AI companies, addresses creators whose work was scanned to train large language models. It answers common objections about plagiarism, uncredited use, open-sourcing, job losses, hallucinations, data center costs, RAM prices, junior coding roles, companionship chatbots, emissions, rogue agents, and misuse. The answers mock industry positions, deflecting concerns with dismissive or contradictory reasoning. The text is cut off mid-sentence in its final section.
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A satirical open letter, framed as a note from AI companies, addresses creators whose work was scanned to train large language models. It answers common objections about plagiarism, uncredited use, open-sourcing, job losses, hallucinations, data center costs, RAM prices, junior coding roles, companionship chatbots, emissions, rogue agents, and misuse. The answers mock industry positions, deflecting concerns with dismissive or contradictory reasoning. The text is cut off mid-sentence in its final section.
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- 02What was actually tested?
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- 03Where are the sources?
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- 04What could mislead?
This is satirical commentary rather than factual reporting; its claims about company intentions are not independently verified and the text is truncated.
- 05What is at risk if wrong?
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- 06What would change the view?
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Key findings from the stored brief
- The piece claims AI companies built systems to scan books, magazines, archives, and the internet to assemble training collections of creative works.
- It states companies intend to sell distillations of creators' work without credit or compensation.
- On junior coders, it claims coding is fully solved and no human needs to read or write code again.
- It says AI agents run only in controlled data centers and can be switched off if they go too far.
This is satirical commentary rather than factual reporting; its claims about company intentions are not independently verified and the text is truncated.
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Why this may matter
The piece voices widely debated concerns about training data consent, creator income, labor displacement, and AI safety, using satire to frame the industry's likely responses to them.
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This is satirical commentary rather than factual reporting; its claims about company intentions are not independently verified and the text is truncated.
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