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> There was definitely a benefit to society.

Because otherwise they would have gone out to the street and mugged old ladies?

> And my friends used AI as a replacement of stock photos and graphics in their products which offer a ton to society.

Yeah, that's the negative contribution. They're basically ripping off artists and designers. If those products offer a ton, some of that money could have gone towards them instead of OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.

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