This is full conspiracy from me, but could the terms of service for github grant the right to “enhance tools” based on private github projects. These then get moved around as ‘anonymized’ data to train off?

I don’t think that’s fair unless by “we” you mean the oil companies and their bought politicians.

I can´t figure out why he didn´t call minotaurs

Minotaurs still convey the idea of super human strength, he was trying to convey the idea of limited power output of a human with the limited mental capacity of a horse.

I’ve heard similar things from the people I know forced to us AI for work. That at the output requirements are now novel and highly accelerated under the assumption AI will make it possible.