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by DeIlliad 931 days ago
Listen, I'm on your side of the argument and this example makes no sense at all.
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It's got some sense to it. It's like, there are "objectively right" numbers, so why commit yourself to any form of craft if a computer can just find better numbers?

There's a reason you can't copyright songs constructed through combinatorial algorithms. Human authorship plays a role in creative pursuit, by law.

> there are "objectively right" numbers

No one said that.

> so why commit yourself to any form of craft

Because you enjoy it.