"By this logic, nobody should own anything. Every invention is built on the accumulated knowledge of humanity. The farmer didn't invent agriculture, the engineer didn't invent mathematics, and the author didn't invent language. The question isn't whether AI used prior human knowledge. Every..."
...productive activity does. The question is who invested the capital, took the risks, hired the talent, built the infrastructure, and created a usable product. Humanity also built the wheel, agriculture, and the English language. Yet somehow Jacobin only discovers collective ownership precisely when someone else becomes successful enough to plunder. Funny coincidence. — Rock Chartrand
Source: https://x.com/RockChartrand/status/2076662950648000893
AI was built on the creative output of the entire world. The profits are flowing to a handful of American billionaires.
A sovereign wealth fund that compensates only Americans would compound the injustice, not remedy it. https:// jacobin.com/2026/07/ai-big -tech-global-ownership-control … — Jacobin