I think you're just observing ppl in one of these rare instances where enough of them come together because they are motivated. 'Toxic' is the clamoring sound of a crowded room where what gets through to your ears are just the most annoying snippets of incomplete conversations. I dare you to hang out with any actual people here, understand their viewpoint and listen to what they actually have to say in person, within the context of watching them do it.

I know those people. Lots of them are fantastic humans. That doesn’t change the fact the AI industry is extremely toxic

By annoying snippets of incomplete conversations, do you mean Musk's clamoring for legalisation of child porn, or Altman's obsession with doomsday in talking about AI, or Zuckerberg's "Aut Zuck Aut Nihil"?

The people involved at the leadership, in this wave, or incredibly toxic individuals. When the leaders behave a certain way, it tends to be reflected by those following after - intentional or not.

The "toxicity" was:

- ingesting all the current knowledge without regard for intellectual property or the work of people that went into it; then

- claiming that AI would make all those people who put in the work redundant

It's not really surprising that when the sales pitch is "this will eliminate human creative work in all writing and illustration centric industries", people got angry.

These are great examples of converting the snippets into imaginary ppl. Thanks.