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And while we're on the subject: there's no ethical use of a product brought to market through unethical means. It doesn't matter whether the product is "AI" or chocolate or diamonds. Most generative "AI" was knowingly developed through massive theft from creatives; we have the emails admitting this.
![Screenshot of Tweet by @KyleTrainEmoji reading:
"PICARD: Data, shields up.
DATA: Brilliant! Shields can reduce damage we sustain. Not immunity. Not hubris. Just prudence. It's not precaution-it's strategy.
[camera shakes]
WORF: HULL BREACHES ON NINE DECKS
DATA: Here's what happened: you told me to raise shields, and I didn't."
And the dash is of course an em-dash, in the screenshot!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4aa2mtfyjewhfg7uinr7hti4/bafkreidkooq6zlmzoopfixklyiltu3zfgoe7qvvkui3viw5isvnwpm555u)
