[CamperBob2]

The problem is that before they could train the model on the book, they had to copy the book from somewhere.

That, in itself, raises kind of an interesting point.

Right now there's a post on the front page where people are exercising conspicuous outrage because ChatGPT rendered a good Indiana Jones likeness in response to a vague query asking for a 1930s archaeologist with a bullwhip. Was that particular response generated by ChatGPT because it "copied" Indiana Jones? Or because it was influenced by the same pulp fiction stories and deeply-embedded cultural archetypes that led Spielberg and Lucas to create the character in the first place?