> Soon AI writers and programmers will be so good, that even if they do not reproduce copyright content verbatim, they will be able to replace large % of the fu

> Soon AI writers and programmers will be so good, that even if they do not reproduce copyright content verbatim, they will be able to replace large % of the future work of the people that produced the copyrighted content the AI was trained on. This seems like a clear harm. Note that "harm the market for the original works" is only a part of Fair Use and harming the original work does not necessarily make your use of it 'not fair use'. Movie critics using movie clips can absolutely destroy the market for the original work while still being fair use criticism. Now whatever the USPTO says/does is important for now, but it's a backdrop to the legal challenges that will arise. Because the USPTO has to adhere to new laws and must follow whatever the courts rule regarding how copyright is defined, if the USPTO tries to say "ai is not fair use" then the courts can disagree with them and issue a Court Order to recognize certain copyrights, whenever someone challenges the USPTO's actions.