Framing the AI debate around Intellectual Property rather than labor rights favors corporate interests over the economic well-being of creators.

@pluralistic : The most reliable way to lose in politics is letting your adversary set terms. For example, if you're an artist and you let your boss define the fight over AI, he'll make it all about "Intellectual Property" (not labor) and ask you to help secure a victory that will make him richer and you poorer: https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic/117253004791073984

The most reliable way to lose in politics is letting your adversary set terms. For example, if you're an artist and you let your boss define the fight over AI, he'll make it all about "IP" (not labor) and ask you to help secure a victory that will make him richer and you poorer: https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/02/scrape-scrope-scrap/ -- If you'd like an essay-formatted version of this thread to read/share, here's a link to it on pluralistic.net, my surveillance-free, ad-free, tracker-free blog: https://pluralistic.net/2026/09/11/mazzucato-thought/#defining-the-debate 1/