Claude 'strip-mines human creativity': X users clash over training data and open-source limits
AlexTensor · x · 2026-10-26
AlexTensor argued that Claude was not only trained on a 'pirated library' of human output but depends on continuously 'strip-mining' everything humanity creates next. His interlocutor countered with a skeptical chain: framing AI as suited to autocracy to justify restricting open-source models would concentrate power in a few companies while Anthropic claims moral high ground. The exchange captures ongoing tension over training data rights and open-source regulation.
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