Good point. The entire concept of copyright was, frankly, invented out of thin air. That’s not a bad thing, to be clear - that’s how pretty much all laws get in

Good point. The entire concept of copyright was, frankly, invented out of thin air. That’s not a bad thing, to be clear - that’s how pretty much all laws get invented. The point is just that you can’t analyze existing copyright law like it’s a sacred text that has the One True Answer to whether AI training without permission is ethical or not. If we as a society decide that we don’t want to allow it, then we can simply write a law that says that. What current laws say is irrelevant. At least in the US though, meaningful action on major legislation like this has become virtually impossible, which is why everyone is staking their hopes on the interpretation of existing copyright law.