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> I think this end of intellectual property was predicted when the Constitution was signed. True. And in 1890 it was predicted that cities would be drowning in
by p-e-w 4y ago
> I think this end of intellectual property was predicted when the Constitution was signed.
True. And in 1890 it was predicted that cities would be drowning in horse droppings by 1960. But just because they were wrong then doesn't mean similar predictions today are also wrong.
> We shift to your AI paying when it references the content and move on.
Nope. Because the AI isn't "referencing" LotR, anymore than a human author is when writing a generic fantasy novel about elves and dwarfs. Ideas aren't protected by copyright. Content, characters etc. are. But AI-generated works aren't going to "copy" LotR story or characters. They're going to do what humans have been doing since forever: Draw inspiration from the entire body of human (and AI) creative works in existence. Copyright doesn't prevent that.
- JumpCrisscross 4y ago> going to do what humans have been doing since forever: Draw inspiration from the entire body of human (and AI) creative works in existence. Copyright doesn't prevent that It’s not a human and copyright can. Again, simple shift. Could probably slip it into a budget bill.
- p-e-w 4y agoLike I said, the last gasps. Maybe some legislature is indeed going to try that. It won't matter once AI turns the fabric of society inside out. Laws as we know them will stop meaning anything in practice. Everyone (including legislatures) will be forced to turn most decision making over to AIs, because AIs will be much better at it than humans and not using them means being conquered by those who do.