The absolute contempt that corporations like this have for creatives is staggering. "Oh, but the pay you and you can use their platform for free". Yes, they pay, after they take their cut, which is, in a way, paying them for using their platform. The creators who bring in viewership and watch time to their platform are what make this site what it is, and using them to train what I can only assume is something that Amazon is hoping will replace the actual flesh-and-blood entertainers so they no longer have to pay them and can just have AI simulacra providing generated entertainment to their viewer base is nothing short of ghoulish behaviour of the highest degree.
The absolute contempt that corporations like this have for creatives is staggering. "Oh, but the pay you and you can use their platform for free". Yes, they pay, after they take their cut, which is, in a way, paying them for using their platform. The creators who bring in viewership and watch time to their platform are what make this site what it is, and using them to train what I can only assume is something that Amazon is hoping will replace the actual flesh-and-blood entertainers so they no longer have to pay them and can just have AI simulacra providing generated entertainment to their viewer base is nothing short of ghoulish behaviour of the highest degree.