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I've coded a JPEG compressor. It's clear the output of the machine isn't exactly the same of the input, being lossy, so I guess the output is not protected by c
by kimixa 2y ago
I've coded a JPEG compressor. It's clear the output of the machine isn't exactly the same of the input, being lossy, so I guess the output is not protected by copyright either.
- elpocko 2y agoThe input to your JPEG compressor is an image that someone/something created, and the goal of your compressor is to replicate its input as closely as possible. It doesn't create new data, it merely encodes pre-existent data. The input to my algorithms is a single number, and the goal is to create something new and distinctive that is clearly different from anything that existed before, and that wouldn't exist without the ingenuity of my algorithms.
- kimixa 2y agoReally, the "input" to current deep learning algorithms includes all the training data. Which is where the root of the issue is. There's a reason why compression comparisons tend to include the size of the decompressor in their comparisons - my "magic algorithm can compress wikipedia down to a single bye!" is less impressive with the "decompressor" contains a copy of wikipedia.
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