I’ve heard arguments for both sides and i think it’s more complicated then simply yes or no. what do you guys think?

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    11 months ago

    Different take: If I generate an image through a random number generator, should this be copyrightable?

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      11 months ago

      My thought on that is if you generate multiple images through a random number generator and find one that’s interesting or aesthetically pleasing, then you are the creator since selecting it, while low effort, is the creative process.

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        11 months ago

        Sounds good to me. So AI generated image should also be copyrightable. As it’s basically a random number generator.

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          11 months ago

          Essentially yes, I would give the person using AI to generate an original image the credit as the image’s creator. I’m willing to bet that anything “good” AI generates is a result of many attempts and refinements and a human selecting the best result, and to me that makes it a human-driven creative process using a tool, the same as using a random number generator.

          I’m deliberately not saying “copyrightable” because I don’t personally believe that digital files should be copyrightable (since recognising a copyright of a number is insanity), but it should be copyrightable in a society that recognises number copyrights.

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            11 months ago

            Yeah, basically if you used one of these generators to create an image, you are the creator.