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.”

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.”

  • @[email protected]English
    92•1 year ago

    Making AI art not copyrightable is probably the best reasonable alternative that we could hope for.

    Companies are always looking to cut costs and getting some computer algorithm to churn out endless art without having to pay an artist would be a corporate holy grail. Except that if that artwork then can’t be copyrighted and thus monetized (or not as easily monetized), then it ruined or at least lessens their push to replace all their workers with AI.

    • @[email protected]English
      28•1 year ago

      They will just churn out pictures from midjourney and hire a cheap artist to touch them up and then copyright that.

      • Flying SquidEnglish
        9•1 year ago

        That’s basically what they did for the intro to Secret Invasion on Disney+. They used AI to create it and then touched it up. It still looks like shit, much like the show itself.

      • @[email protected]English
        7•1 year ago

        That’s an interesting thought, that could potentially create corporate day jobs for artists.

        Edit: I don’t believe in this idea, but thought it interesting. It’s better for artists to exercise creativity.