Well thought out and sensible position overall

That's because the reaction has nothing to do with principled stances. Simply put, being anti-artificial intelligence is left coded because most of the famous people working on the artificial intelligence space are right-wing coded. Elon Musk, Sam Altman, etc.

(this is not a statement on whether they are, in fact, right-wingers. I have no way of knowing that. I am just telling you that a lot of people perceive them to be that way.)

It is perfectly possible to have a principled stance that is pro-AI in anti-copyright because, well, anarcho-capitalistists have that position, and that position is compatible with the principles.

(again, I'm not here to debate the validity of those principles, any of you looking for a fight can have that fight somewhere else, it's not my problem.)

But the common anti-AI + anti-copyright stance of people just doesn't follow any principles. It's just vibes based "thinking", friend enemy distinction.