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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by Ferret7446 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:53PM (#39018185)
No, copyright only makes sense insofar that it provides a net positive value for society: that it promotes/protects more creativity leading to economic output than it prevents.

That is, does the amount of creative/economic output dissuaded by allowing AI (preventing people who would not be able to or not want to create art if they couldn't get paid) exceed the creative/economic output of letting people develop and use such AIs?

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Re:On being listed as an artist whose work was used to train... by ls612 on Tuesday January 16, 2024 @02:56PM (#39018232)
GenAI reduces the fixed cost of creating images/text/whatever which all else equal will increase the amount created. Whether or not you think that is a good thing is probably mostly a function of do you make money creating these things or do you pay money to have these things created.
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