18 March 2023 - image generation 4
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The U.S. Copyright Office says a copyright holder must be human. They
argue that prompting an AI is like giving instructions to a commissioned
artist, so AI images cannot be copyrighted. The result is that every
useful AI image will be altered in some minor way by a person (overlay
text or something). It echoes the arguments over copyright and
photography. Pointing the camera is only giving instructions to a
machine.
clue:
Try prompting one of these programs and tell me it doesn't require
creativity! But then, I asked for "the best of all possible images" and
got a purple sports car. Plenty of creativity there too.
Driving does not move you anywhere. It is only giving instructions to a
machine. The human need to find agency seems to run deep.
give me a clue so sweet and true