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Why This Award-Winning Piece of AI Art Can’t Be Copyrighted::Matthew Allen’s AI art won first prize at the Colorado State Fair. But the US government has ruled it can’t be copyrighted because it’s too much “machine” and not enough “human.”

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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What's stopping billionaires from hiring artists now and just having them slave away at 1632961190 images of whatever they could think of for the same purpose? The art doesn't even need to be good, it just needs to be something you can copyright

[–] niisyth@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 year ago

You mean, like stock photo websites? That are owned by Koch brothers?