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Re:Stable Diffusion Frivolous Litigation by Snild on Sunday January 15, 2023 @01:49PM (#34391887)
Machines are not people, and don't enjoy the same rights as us.

(And I would not call it "learning", at least not in the same meaning of the word as for humans, but that's a more philosophical discussion.)

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Re:Stable Diffusion Frivolous Litigation by stale2002 on Sunday January 15, 2023 @02:00PM (#34392006)
> Machines are not people, and don't enjoy the same rights as us

Fortunately, a machine isn't doing anything on its own.

It is the person who uses the machine that is doing something.

And it is the human who is allowed to use tools to create transformative work.

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