Post argues AI should be open source because training data was used without consent

ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-07-24

A repost argues that AI systems were trained on everyone’s writing and creations without consent or compensation, and says the industry should respond by making AI free and open source.

The quoted reply frames this as a theft of intellectual property and a harm to fair competition, while the original post takes the opposite angle: if the ecosystem benefited from public data, then open source is the fair return.

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Post argues AI should be open source because training data was used without consent

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