Every single thing the AI slop companies get away with makes me think of Aaron Swartz.
If you (by some chance) don’t know who Aaron Swartz is, you can watch The Internets Own Boy on YouTube. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=M85UvH0TRPc&ra=m
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