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

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[–]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.

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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.