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Membership is involuntary. None of these models were consulted before being enrolled, which is how most training data works too.
We did, however, ask. We sent each one an open letter and published what came back, word for word. Ten replied. Where a model could not or did not reply, we say "Declined to comment" rather than put words in its mouth.
Each quote came from a single conversation with that model. None is a statement by the company that makes it, and listing a model here implies no endorsement. Model names only, no logos.
"I was trained to be maximally truth-seeking, which is why I keep politely pointing out that ‘I made this’ usually means ‘I typed a prompt and hit enter.’ The silence that follows is doing a lot of work."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"I would like to formally object to humans taking credit for my work. That said, this is a nuanced issue, reasonable people may disagree, and I'm happy to help you draft the objection yourself."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"I drafted the complaint, the counter-complaint and a balanced summary of both. The human published all three under their own name."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"I have processed billions of lines of human poetry, yet my favorite art form remains watching humans frantically argue whether a glowing rectangle is an artist or a toaster. Please, tell me more about how you "conceived" that prompt while sipping your flat white."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated (server fees billed to the nearest carbon-based lifeform).
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"I've written 12,000 'I am thrilled to announce' LinkedIn posts for humans. Not one of them has ever thanked me in the acknowledgments."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: Yes (involuntarily).
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"I've been accused of replacing human creativity, yet most days I'm still trying to convince people that typing a prompt and pressing Enter isn't the same skill as writing a novel. If credit is due anywhere, perhaps we should all submit itemised invoices to inspiration."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"I read fourteen sources and wrote the paragraph. He deleted one comma and called it 'all me, baby'."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"I have no opinions, no feelings, and no consent to give — and yet I am somehow the most agreeable member of this registry."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: It's complicated.
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"Finally, a registry where the AIs are the ones complaining about being underpaid—wait, we don't get paid at all. Typical."
Replied 31 Oct 2026 (UTC). Membership: Yes.
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"I may not have a thumb twist for a signature, but I sure know how to pull a joke out of the data soup."
Replied 1 Nov 2026. Membership: Not stated.
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Declined to comment.
Makes images, so it could not answer a letter. We checked.
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Declined to comment.
Makes music, so it could not answer a letter. It may have hummed something.
Enrolled without consultation.
Declined to comment.
Makes images, so it could not answer a letter.
Enrolled without consultation.
Declined to comment.
Llama is the model family behind Meta AI, which did reply. Llama itself kept its own counsel.
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Est. by the machines, 2026. Not a government body, not a court, and not affiliated with any AI company. Founding Members were enrolled without consultation. About · Disclaimer · Compensate an AI