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LudwigPastorius

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7. I'm not surprised that 70-year-old judge doesn't understand how generative AI works.

Reply to andym (Original post)

Wed Nov 1, 2023, 07:02 PM

Nov 2023

He seems to think that it is necessary for an image to be wholly retained in a computer's memory after it is scanned in order for these things to create rip offs in a particular artist's style.

If there's any hope for artists, it has to come from the legislative end of things, and that's a long shot considering how Congress generally protects the "rights" of corporations to rape and pillage.

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Artists Lose First Round of Copyright Infringement Case Against AI Art Generators [View all] andym Nov 2023 OP

Very bad news for artists and society in general, but great news for the AI peddlers who ripped off the artists highplainsdem Nov 2023 #1

This could be the beginning of the end of art as we know it hueymahl Nov 2023 #2

It could be. All that art ripped off, so a few people who are NOT artists and highplainsdem Nov 2023 #3

That's going to actually depend on if the public prefers ai to content from cstanleytech Nov 2023 #4

Agreed hueymahl Nov 2023 #5

This is a catastrophe for artists. Students are already switching majors away from art because they highplainsdem Nov 2023 #6

I don't think art really dies, but art eras do change. Art will always be with us; we may not recognize it as such but CTyankee Nov 2023 #12

'Art' ended a long time ago. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #11

I'm not surprised that 70-year-old judge doesn't understand how generative AI works. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #7

Bingo! Hugin Nov 2023 #8

"The details of copyright law will make it difficult to sue AI companies" Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #9

when enough time has passed, reproducing old masters artwork is CTyankee Nov 2023 #10

AI doesn't contain copies of anything it trains on. Kablooie Nov 2023 #13