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Paul McCartney and Dua Lipa urge UK Prime Minister to rethink his AI copyright plans. A new law could soon allow AI companies to use copyrighted material without permission. (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 3 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

This is 100% correct. You can downvote this person all you want but their not wrong!

A painter doesn't own anything to the estate of Rembrandt because they took inspiration from his paintings.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

So if you take away all the copywrited training data then it makes the same images?

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

No. And that's the point...

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

So if it can't function properly without other people's work deciding what the art will look like that's called copying.

If human beings get shit for copying famous art or tracing we need to hold AI to the same standard.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 1 points 37 minutes ago

Copy

  1. noun a. an imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work (such as a letter, a painting, a table, or a dress) b. one of a series of especially mechanical reproductions of an original impression c. matter to be set especially for printing; also: something considered printable (such as an advertisement or news story)
  1. verb a. to make a copy or copies of b. to model oneself on c. to transfer (data, text, etc.) from one location to another, especially in computing

I can't believe I just had to provide you with a definition of the word copy.

Are you freaking serious!!!

Being inspired by and creating an original production is not the same as copying if that original work is inspired by other artists!!!

By your definition of copying because Elvis Presley was inspired by Muddy Waters they made the exact same music!

LLMs don't produce copyrighted material they take inspiration from the training data so to speak. They create original productions.

In the same way that you can envision the Mona Lisa in your head but you couldn't paint it by hand.