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Senator says AI was built on stolen creative work, urges reclaiming it
Summary
A senator addressing the chamber said artificial intelligence ‘‘was not created out of thin air’’ and accused wealthy technology owners of taking creative work; the excerpt records a call to "take back what was stolen" but shows no formal action in the provided segments.
A senator addressing the chamber said Wednesday that artificial intelligence ‘‘was not created out of thin air’’ and argued the technology was built on the work of writers, artists and other creators whose labor has been taken by the richest technology owners.
"AI was not created out of thin air," the senator said. "It was not a brilliant idea that just popped into Mark Zuckerberg's head or Elon Musk's imagination. The foundation of AI is our collective intelligence." The senator listed "writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists, and ordinary citizens" as contributors whose creative work, the speaker said, "has been stolen by the wealthiest people on earth."
The senator concluded the excerpt by directly addressing the presiding officer: "Mister president, the time has come for us to take back what was stolen from us." No response or subsequent discussion appears in the provided segment.
The excerpt is a brief, pointed statement that frames AI development as dependent on broad creative contributions and casts the distribution of benefits as a matter of justice. The remarks in the transcript are not accompanied by a motion, vote, or any procedural action in the supplied segments.
