[ronsor]

This is a strawman.

The purpose of video codecs is to reproduce the original video. If you do that, it's copyright infringement.

AI models should not reproduce the original images. The output will not be something that already exists.

Purpose and intent matters.

[YurgenJurgensen]

You’re right, purpose and intent matters, and the intent is to profit from the work of others without their permission and without crediting or compensating them in any way.