I share your concerns. I think we also must keep an eye on how easy it is to censor in our digital world. The recent Roald Dahl sanitation affects every digital copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (for example) no matter when you made your purchase. We know about that one because his estate announced their intentions. How much censorship happens to digital works that we don't immediately notice — and how much easier is it to train AI to do the (mindless, impossible-to-appeal, implacable) censoring? As you said, is this an extreme view? Not really, no, for the same reasons you outlined. It's a serious problem, and serious people need to stop urging us to "evolve." (I've heard that one, too.)
I share your concerns. I think we also must keep an eye on how easy it is to censor in our digital world. The recent Roald Dahl sanitation affects every digital copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (for example) no matter when you made your purchase. We know about that one because his estate announced their intentions. How much censorship happens to digital works that we don't immediately notice — and how much easier is it to train AI to do the (mindless, impossible-to-appeal, implacable) censoring? As you said, is this an extreme view? Not really, no, for the same reasons you outlined. It's a serious problem, and serious people need to stop urging us to "evolve." (I've heard that one, too.)
I agree with the last part: let's not feed it at all.