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.”

      • sapient [they/them]English
        1•10 months ago

        Depends on how radical we’re talking.

        On the less radical side - UBI, donations, contracts for creation of art that people want even if it’s not copyrighted afterward, Convenience Factor (often used by FOSS projects), and also the fact that a lot of art is created and intended for free redistribution anyhow .

        On the more radical side: re-examining our entire concept of work and labour and rent, decentralused gift economies, automation, the destruction of capitalist structures as a whole, etc.

      • @uriel238English
        1•10 months ago

        Ultimately, artists, professionals and managers are going to have to face the same concern the bottom-rung laborers have, which is they are on the chopping block to be made obsolete through automation, and the capitalists are eager to do this ASAP in order to reduce costs.

        Copyright doesn’t serve artists anyway, rather it serves the owners of the studios and record labels and publishing houses. Most artists get paid a pittance for their work with a few rare exceptions.