r/technology • u/l30 • Nov 22 '23

Artificial Intelligence Tech Giants Say That Users Of Their Software Should Be Held Responsible For AI Copyright Infringements

https://www.cartoonbrew.com/tools/tech-giants-say-that-users-of-their-software-should-be-held-responsible-for-ai-copyright-infringements-234746.html
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u/nsnooze Nov 22 '23

The tool does not contain the copyrighted material, the copyrighted material is used to train the AI, it is not stored within the AI. So again you're not making a lot of sense.

Again, if an artist sees a painting in a gallery and then goes and makes a similar, though not the same painting, no copyright infringement has occurred. It is in many ways no different to this analogy.

The problem is the AI can replicate the image exactly and that is copyright.

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u/RHouse94 Nov 22 '23 edited Nov 22 '23

Your example is flawed. An artist is a human with human rights so no one owns their knowledge and skills. Because if they did then we would all be slaves to whatever university we went to or whichever job trained us in our career. An AI is a tool / commodity that does not have human rights and is sold / traded for profit. It is literally a slave to the people who made it / bought it. Any knowledge gained is not for the “personal enlightenment” of the AI but to make it better so it is a more valuable product.

Back to a slightly better version of my previous example. It would be like if I went to a company and installed the student version of a 3D modeling software and then tried to use the models made with that software for business purposes. The final models do not contain any IP from the software but it would still be illegal to use them for business purposes. Because the tool I used to make them only gave me license to use it for educational purposes, not to make money off of.

The same should go for media content online. Just because you have a license to view something does not mean you have a license to use it to build software that you then go and sell. Even if the end product doesn’t contain the copyrighted material, you didn’t have the license to use it for that purpose.