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Comment by slg

6 days ago

>I think the analogy is relevant because I am discussing the plagiarism of AI in relation to the economic aspects of copyright infringement and the impacts on the market for artists and SW devs. Not in relation to the moral rights[1] of authors. The issue of artists being annoyed on principle, not on economic effects, that some souless computer is producing plagiarist art that imitates their artstyle without attribution is a separate but closely related issue. I'm not sure but I think the article is more concerned with the former issue.

How can you justify separating the two concerns? This article is a defense of AI against its critics. It is a pretty poor defense if the argument is along the lines of "certain ethical concerns don't count". The author being "more concerned with" one issue doesn't make the other issue invalid or irrelevant.