[stale2002]

> is that an AI, being a statistical model and not generally intelligent, should not be allowed to disregard the copyright of its source material

None of what you are saying has anything to do with copyright.

The tool Photoshop isn't generally intelligent either. And yet, yes it can be used to create art using other people's stuff.

And it could be done legally if the results are transformative.

[jtr1]

Photoshop doesn’t install with a massive directory of other people’s copyrighted works to draw snippets from.

[tick_tock_tick]

Yes it does...

[devsda]

If it does, then Adobe would have commissioned or acquired the license. In either case they would have _paid_ someone to get those images.

It is very unlikely Adobe would be shipping their software with copyrighted material without paying for them first.