[wryoak]

I’m skeptical about how much value AI art is going to really contribute to humanity but as a lifelong opponent of copyright I have to roll my eyes when I see people arguing against it on behalf of real artists, all of whom are thieves in the best case and imitators in the worst.

[bongodongobob]

Yeah every musician has a story of writing a new song, bringing it to the band, and they say "oh, this sounds just like [song]." It's almost impossible to make something truly novel.

[dleeftink]

> almost impossible to make something truly novel

But beyond the originality !== novelty discussion, I'm not sure how we've come to equate 'creativity' (and the rights to retaining it) to a sort of fingerprint encoding one's work. As if a band, artist or creator should stick to a certain brand once invented, and we can sufficiently capture that brand in dense legalese or increasingly, stylistic prompts.

How many of today's artists just 'riffing' off existing motifs will remain, if the end result of their creative endeavours will be absorbed into generative tools in some manner? What's the incentive for indies to distribute digitally, beyond the guarantee their works will provide the (auditory) fingerprints for the next content generation system?

[naltroc]

I have written and performed many songs over many bands. At no point did anybody compare my work to any other artist's work, because it is genuinely unique.

[slater-]

This is you, right?

https://cmahoney.bandcamp.com/track/deck-the-halls

[slater-]

Citation needed. Where can I hear some of your work?

[bongodongobob]

Let's hear it.

[otabdeveloper4]

The problem is that techbro corporates trying to make megabucks of profit off of using other people's art.

Intellectual property laws for thee but not for me, I guess.