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I've already seen people go absolutely fucking crazy with this - from people posting trans-supportive Muskrat pictures to people making fucked-up images with Nintendo/Disney characters, the utter lack of guardrails has led to predictable chaos.
Between the cost of running an LLM and the potential lawsuits this can unleash, part of me suspects this might end up being what ultimately does in Twitter.
Court ruled AI output is public domain, is so AI mickey? lol
It hasn't been hashed out in court yet, but I suspect AI mickey will be considered copyright infringement, rather than public domain.
In typical fashion, copyright becomes stronger every time it loses grip on the mouse
You're not wrong. Precisely how this AI debacle will strengthen copyright I don't know, but I fully anticipate it will be strengthened.