Nintendo are now Patent Trolls

[A Black Falcon]

I strongly support any companies trying to block AI from stealing their work and IP to either illegally train their model with copyrighted articles without permission, or allow people to make AI images with copyrighted characters.  I am 100% opposed to any of that nonsense.  Stealing work and damaging brands in the name of the new tech thing is absolutely terrible.

Additionally, claiming that "Nintendo has not produced any novel intellectual property since Pokemon" is such a comical lie that I don't even know what to say.  You do know that Pokemon released in 1996 (in Japan), yes?  And started development in 1992?  Nintendo has released a good number of major new franchises since 1996 -- Splatoon, Animal Crossing, Pikmin, Smash Bros.,  and major spinoff franchises like Mario Party, Metroid Prime, Luigi's Mansion... come on.  You know that isn't true.

Sony, Disney, and all other global IP hoarders are heavily involved, too. The reflexive anti-AI sentiment you see all over low-information parts of the internet is just good ole capitalist social deception. The talking points about "environmental impact" and "they steal from artists" is engineered by trillion-dollar corporations who just don't want to share their amazing new toys with anyone else.

No, it's from people looking at the insanely massive environmental impact AI has and how it costs dramatically more electricity than standard search engines or such.  It's not even close.