> It seems odd to complain that computers are using human's artwork to inspire their own creations. Every human artist has done the exact same thing in their li

> It seems odd to complain that computers are using human's artwork to inspire their own creations. Every human artist has done the exact same thing in their lifetime; it's unavoidable. I don't find it odd to complain that publishing an artwork on DeviantArt has gone from "I intend humans to look at this" to "I (opt-out!) agree that a corporation may use this to generate new artwork for profit." I would not complain if a painting of mine were exhibited in a museum and someone came in to look at it and draw something inspired by it. I would complain if I handed over a painting of mine to that same museum to be exhibited, they scanned it in at high resolution, handed it over to a class of copy artists, who then produced artwork in order to compete with mine, before finally putting it up in a gallery. Does that still seem odd?