What are the implications for copyright once AI generated creative content becomes mainstream?

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[–]IkeConn 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This was covered in a Star Trek Voyager episode with the Doctor.

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Alas, the Doctor was something of a lovable oaf in many episodes, but was rather insufferable in dedicated episodes. I vaguely recall the plot but I admit that it was one of those stories I'd skip to avoid the burden of feigned attention.

[–]ID10T 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

There's actually existing US caselaw for AI generated images at least. I would assume the same principle would apply to writing.

https://magazine.renderosity.com/article/6928/can-ai-generated-images-be-copyrighted-in-the-us

Basically a purely AI generated image cannot be copywrited as there is no human input. However, a minimal amount of human modification to the image would potentially allow a copyright. How much human input is not clear and would depend on the judge presiding a case.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Interesting, I can imagine that the level of human intervention will become a matter of contention in future releases of arts, especially if AI becomes involved in the highly profitable music industry.

It wouldn't surprise me if there will be cases where conditions will be set as per the 'owner' of the AI inheriting the works it creates. There may be morality questions to follow should the AI become advanced enough to be considered an individual.

[–]Drewski 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

It's a good argument against copyright. Intellectual "property" is just an arbitrary monopoly on ideas, and AI makes it more obvious.

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This was on my mind as I proposed the question, after reading on the continued fight against piracy. At what point does the futility of the copyright argument falter.

[–]package 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Given that all AI, especially those art-generating AIs, requires some amount training with real examples of the target content, I imagine there will be many lawsuits alleging use of copyrighted works as training material.

[–]NuclearBadger 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This has been done with music. It was once said that music was human so copyright blah blah blah, but some people made a bot write out every single possible combination of a key and then copyrighted it for public use to prove music was mathmatical.

I can't remember the exact details but it must still be about somewhere