[__d]

I’m not disputing that human produced creative works have, at their best, qualities that computer generated works don’t, and maybe can’t.

I am however interested in the claim of plagiarism and how what generative AI does is different to what humans do. It’s not clear to me how it’s different.

[HenryBemis]

I like music and poetry. While stealing from another composer/author/poet you "steal", using AI is not stealing. But to the point that dwnw is trying to make is that the product will not be from the heart. If/when your audience will learn that you never actually experienced "this or that" e.g. I don't like Taylor Swift's music - at all - but it is rumored that she writes about her own life experience and that makes her output relatable.

Will it fill up 60mins for one album? Yes. Will you sell out the MSG when your audience finds out that it was all ChatGPT (or some other LLM)? No. Never.

Another metaphor/analogy is like the Friends episode "The One With Phoebe's Cookies" where the magic disappears because the 'grandma's cookies' end up being Nestle cookies. And the magic is gone, and your audience will be gone.

[dwnw]

You can make the weak argument all you want, it is still a weak argument. I get it, you think there is no such thing as an original thought therefore mass scale plagiarism (even for profit) is all cool and fine, like a technical loophole or something. Just like the music AI will create, the end result will be that nobody will want to listen to you.

Good for you. Enjoy your AI generated art. By yourself. You've missed the whole point of art.

[__d]

Clearly I’ve hit on a sensitive topic. I’ll leave it here.

[dwnw]

Nope, totally fine with me. I'll just assume you see the error of your ways.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42762755#42789029