They do exist, and that can't be undone, but those depicted in them have not consented to be used in training data. I get the ends, I just don't think that makes the means ethically okay. And maybe the ends aren't either, to be fair, without awaiting research on the subject, however one might do that.
Sometimes people tell themselves a lie so much they actually believe them. Not saying that makes it okay and that he's not an asshole, but he may genuinely believe this.
The US dollar is used for 53% of the world's reserve currency. China's Renminbi is 2%. It's a fun thought, but no. If anything, the Euro at 18.4% has a better shot.
edit: also, I really appreciate the acknowledgement; people can be really, uh, hostile.
No worries! Gotta admit when you're wrong so you can grow as a person :)
And yeah, I'm absolutely sure there are many positive uses of NFTs, storing different varieties of data within a distributed blockchain. It's the speculative part that is just absolutely insane.
Well, the second coup is well within American tradition at this point, so...