Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of labor in human history'

Re:Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of l... by tremon on Friday September 18, 2026 @09:48AM (#49754394)

I'm not sure how to square

> It's hard for me to imagine a profession that should exist in a utopian society

with

> People should have instant access to food when they're hungry and housing when the weather gets bad

You don't think that farming, baking, and building are professions?

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Re:Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of l... by NekkoDroid on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:44AM (#49755144)

I assume they mean that it is all already automated in the utopian society. And I would kinda agree that that would be utopian. But sadly we live in the real world where greed rules pretty much everything, meaning that it will remain an unobtainable dream for (most likely) ever.

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Re:Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of l... by ryandrake on Friday September 18, 2026 @02:16PM (#49758118)

There's unfortunately a huge contingent of people who would strongly oppose a utopia where we all could live as equals in comfortable, luxurious lifestyles, where robotics, replicators, AI, and automation took care of everyone's needs and wants.

They oppose the "live as equals" part.

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Re:Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of l... by bcjdjsndon on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @09:10AM (#49800720)

> we all could live as equals in comfortable, luxurious lifestyles, where robotics, replicators, AI, and automation took care of everyone's needs and wants.

Until one person decides we should change something about this utopia, arguments break out, populations schism, and we're back to fighting over finite resources once again.

Utopias and conflict-free societies are pipedreams

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Re:Microsoft exec called AI scraping 'the largest theft of l... by eli_gottlieb on Friday September 18, 2026 @02:33PM (#49758342)

Farming and baking are already very thoroughly automated and their labor force completely proletarianized.

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