What really gets to me is the simple-mindedness of it all. Rich people own a lot of property. They own much more than everyone else. That’s the very definition of rich. So when money has to be paid for the “use” of some property, it will disproportionately benefit the rich. I feel that this is obvious.
And yet when it gets to copyright, intellectual property, so many people seem unable to put this together. Somehow, paying money for AI training is supposed to benefit “the starving artist”. At first, I thought these were far right libertarians who, as per usual, put all their faith in property rights. Now I just… I don’t even know.