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Mastodon user critiques AI's cost externalization

A user on Mastodon, davidgerard, posted a quote suggesting that externalizing costs onto "defenseless innocents" is not considered theft. The post was tagged with #ai, implying a connection to artificial intelligence. AI

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Mastodon user critiques AI's cost externalization

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  1. Mastodon — sigmoid.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    @ davidgerard "It's not theft when it's externalizing my costs to defenseless innocents" # ai

    @ davidgerard "It's not theft when it's externalizing my costs to defenseless innocents" # ai