OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently demonstrated what it means to not speak properly. He tweeted: "I am incredibly grateful to the people who wrote this incredibly complex software line by line, character by character. Looking back now, it's hard to even remember how much effort it took. Thank you for bringing us to where we are today." ✊ The tone is sincere, and the wording is appropriate; on its own, there's nothing wrong with it. As of now, the tweet has been viewed by over 5 million netizens, but the comments section has reacted unexpectedly strongly. The reason for this is that many netizens believe a large portion of the data OpenAI uses to train its models comes from code written by developers and valuable content left online by creators. No one asked them for their consent, and no one paid them. Under this premise, the thank you doesn't feel like a tribute, but rather like taking something and then saying "thank you for your hard work," as if the debt is settled. Now, with AI forcing a large number of programmers out of work, this expression of gratitude feels particularly jarring! #AI