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by doh 1515 days ago
That's the correct legal interpretation. What that means in simplified lingo is that AI can't author copyrighted material, meaning that AI tools that aids to creation is ok but AI producing creation is not.

The outstanding question is where is the limit, but that will require a few court cases.
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nanidin 1515 days ago
I don’t think it’s a far leap to consider AI a tool, much like a digital camera. In the case of the camera, the human provides inputs and conditions, then the camera produces a digital image. In the case of AI, the human provides inputs and conditions, then the AI produces a digital image.

The case in question was a PR stunt intended to get the AI recognized as the author in order to build clout for the company that created the AI. “Look, a judge determined that our AI is so advanced that it can be the author of works of art, and is therefore a person.” It’s similar to stunts that try to get courts to recognize god as real or not real.

The fundamental question was not whether the work could be copyrighted or not - only whether the AI could be listed as the author of the work. It would be similar to if I tried to register a copyright with my digital camera listed as the author of the work. A camera is not a person, so it cannot be the author.

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doh 1514 days ago
This case is not a PR stunt. This is a test case that was purposely picked to test the law. This is quite common to find boundaries of any law and see if there is an opening for a commercial success.

This is a landmark case that will be referenced for quite some time and have significant impact on future cases around production with the aid of tools.

I like your analogy on the digital camera, but this is really not limited to this one case. For instance the case of monkey's selfie [0] is quite well known and touches on similar questions. This is obviously not a tool, nor object but it's also not a human.

We will have to find out where the boundaries lie between the tool is an aid and the tool is the source of creativity.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_selfie_copyright_disput...

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