Based on the rate of progress; I think this makes little difference to AI progress in the medium-long term. At the moment, we don't have hardware that can do w

Based on the rate of progress; I think this makes little difference to AI progress in the medium-long term. At the moment, we don't have hardware that can do what humans do (process video feed from eyeballs and build up a world model). I imagine that we'll cross that barrier cheaply in the coming decades, at which point copyright becomes moot. AIs will be able to develop their own styles and world understanding from scratch, then generate original work.