OpenAI KNOWS that their AIs are theft. Here's how we hold them accountable.

This week, new court records from the three year old New York Times' lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft reveal something explosive. High-level executes at both companies knew what they were doing was a crime and they continued to do it anyway. This cuts against their claims of "fair use," shows willful disregard for the law, and – at least from my layperson understanding of the law – may be enough to open them up to RICO charges.Now, let me say for the record that I don't believe copyright infringement is theft. In fact, I believe it is not.Instead, copyright infringement focuses on something ephemeral. Something ineffable. Something I believe nobody truly understands: market value.Market value is something that is not easily gauged because, well, what even is the market? Nobody can answer that question with real confidence – and if they can, they're bullshitting.But what courts generally hold is that, for the purposes of maintaining a copyright regime, a work infringes on copyright…