
Artificial Intelligence Can’t Work Without Our Data. We should all be paid for it.
August 13,2023
Authored: Barath Raghavan and Bruce Schneier
Published: Politico
Summary: The article proposes the idea of an “AI Dividend” to compensate individuals for their data used to train generative AI models like ChatGPT. It suggests that Big Tech companies should pay a licensing fee for using public data to train their AI models, and the funds collected would be distributed equally to all residents in the US. The proposal aims to acknowledge the value of individual contributions to AI while exempting hobbyists and small businesses.