Given the amount of value I get from having AI models help me write code I would say that AI is paying me back for my (not insignificant) open source contributions a thousand times over.
Good for you, I guess? That doesn't really change the situation much for the people who do care and/or don't use AI.
I consider the payment I and my employer make to these AI companies to be what the LLM is paying me back for. Even the free ones get paid for my usage somehow. This stuff isn't charity.
