Humans do get to ignore copyright, when they do the same thing OpenAI has been doing.

Exactly.

Should I be paying a proportion of my salary to all the copyright holders of the books, song, TV shows and movies I consumed during my life?

If a Hollywood writer says she "learnt a lot about writing by watching the Simpsons" will Fox have an additional claim on her earnings?

Yeah it turns out humans have more rights than computer programs and tech startups.