And copyright law deals with the difference between inspiration and copying. To vastly oversimply it, it depends how close the original is to alleged copy. No

And copyright law deals with the difference between inspiration and copying. To vastly oversimply it, it depends how close the original is to alleged copy. No reason you can't apply that framework to AI. Where AI might get into more trouble is that you might be able show literal copying in a way that it's impossible to do in a person mind. Like saving chunks of a work into its model.