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> Humans are constantly ingesting gobs of "copyrighted" insights that they eventually remix into their own creations without necessarily reimbursing the origina
by bitwize 4y ago
> Humans are constantly ingesting gobs of "copyrighted" insights that they eventually remix into their own creations without necessarily reimbursing the original source(s) of their creativity.
Yes, and humans are being found liable for copyright infringement for doing so. All that's needed to establish liability is access and substantial similarity; the bar for the latter can be very low indeed (see Williams et al. v. Bridgeport Music et al.).
- bornfreddy 4y agoHumans also (usually) remember where we saw something and can attribute the source. ML at this point doesn't do that.
- arp242 4y agoI've been programming for 25 years. I really can't remember where I learned what for most of it.
- bornfreddy 4y agoI doubt you can reproduce some function you saw 20 years ago verbatim, either. If you could, you'd know the source too.
- selestify 4y agoPerhaps the bar is different in different fields. In art, for example, collages are quite legal. And what AI art is doing is way beyond collages.