Developer calls current AI economics 'parasitic': humanity's work vacuumed up for free by VC-backed few
IanArawjo · x · 2026-10-10
Developer johnennis voices growing discomfort with the current AI economy: a small group backed by massive VC money vacuums up humanity's collective contributions, often paying nothing, then gets enormously rich while the many people who created the training data get nothing. He says he's generally pro-AI but finds the way it's happening increasingly parasitic — touching on the ongoing debates over training data compensation and creator rights.
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