NAOMI KLIEIN to SAM ALTMAN:
"...you ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation and without credit to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not 'liberating human creativity' -- you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft 'training data'."
WORD IS BOND. Until @Outkast get their lawyers to drop that stupid case on @ovrkast I am never willingfully listening to or supporting their music again. FUCK THAT.
Mind you, I actually love OutKast music but this is not cool. I really hope they are unaware and upon realizing what’s going on they end all legal proceedings swiftly.
We must uplift the next generation, not hold them back. ✊🏿
Nas is helping make sure hip-hop’s pioneers are finally being compensated for the value they brought to the culture.
Through the Paid in Full Foundation, legends like Rakim, Scarface, Grandmaster Caz, Roxanne Shanté and Kool Moe Dee have received major financial awards alongside recognition for their contributions.
The goal isn’t recovering old royalties, it’s creating real financial support for artists who helped build hip-hop but never benefited from its billions the way later generations did.
That’s what giving legends their flowers looks like. 🌹