The current crop of genML criticism is a false dichotomy. People either focus on the models not meeting their standards (which is very subject matter dependent

The current crop of genML criticism is a false dichotomy. People either focus on the models not meeting their standards (which is very subject matter dependent) or being exploitative. The thing is, both can be true at the same time and the models can in theory get good enough. Just like the water usage argument - I am not saying it's right or wrong, I am saying it can change if somebody comes up with more energy efficient models. We should focus on the fundamentals. And those are that LLMs are build on the work of millions (hundreds of millions?) of people without their consent and that their goal is to reduce or completely eliminate the economic (and therefore political) power of those people. I understand why you do it, I use stolen code too because ultimately nobody is likely to be punished and I'd just be disadvantaging myself for no reason. But we need to think about the endgame - not ours - theirs - because theirs dictates ours.