Add this to the list of tragedies resulting from the big push for generative AI:
Neural networks and machine learning had genuine, useful purposes well before the plagiarism engines that destroy creativity and jobs.
And when the generative AI bubble bursts, it will be nigh-impossible to fund those
Like I know the old cliched adage is that any new technology first gets used to make/convey porn, but the one that matters is that any technology that can be used to avoid paying for labor will be put to that use as soon as possible.