>Because unlike other software, modern AI cannot exist without copious amounts of human-generated data, which it currently consumes without acknowledgement or remuneration.

...from people who willingly upload it to publicly available online databases, expecting to enjoy some sort of free service in return. I don't see anything wrong with this model that would require the imposition of taxes.

>you're criticizing the article for a lack of basic economic understanding when you don't even know what a progressive tax is.

I know what the term sometimes means, but the article used it very vaguely.