You make a good point. I can browse the web and while I do I see pictures which get "copied" into my memory, somehow. However somebody looking at my brain with

You make a good point. I can browse the web and while I do I see pictures which get "copied" into my memory, somehow. However somebody looking at my brain with a microscope probably could not see those images in my brain, they are not localized that way. So copying something into my brain is not copyright infringement because I don't copy the image, I only allows the image to have some kind of affect on my brain. That is not copying I would argue. it is "experiencing". AI is a big brain which consumes the web almost like humans do. It "sees" the pictures on the web when it adds their characteristics to its associative memory. The AI then generates images. But unless it comes up with a clear copy of somebody else's work, it is not copyright infringement. I am not a lawyer so take this with a grain of salt.