Actually no, I’ll give a shot today!
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The difference is that AI could try to convince you that Twain DID write what it presents.
AI generating “deep fakes” on its own. That 1,000,000 monkeys typing will eventually recreate something similar to War and Peace. AI can and one would believe it to be the actual War and Peace text if they aren’t an expert or have an original work (not digitized).
The issue is that anything that is currently (or soon to be) digital only could be corrupted. If dozens of AI say it is fact, is it fact? In the case of Rollerball (original movie with James Caan), the water computer Zero just “loses” a century’s worth of real information.
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I’d think not GOOGLE LLC v. ORACLE AMERICA, INC. § (2) syllabus (pg 3)
The inquiry into the “the purpose and character” of the use
turns in large measure on whether the copying at issue was “transformative,” i.e., whether it “adds something new, with a further purpose or different character.” Campbell, 510 U. S., at 579. Google’s
limited copying of the API is a transformative use.
This is likely to be determined to be a new and transformative use.
I can certainly see this being an issue considering the many pitfalls AI language models currently have with “hallucinations” but they’re just “this word goes next” models at the end of the day.
Marketing the product it creates is the responsibility of a human or similar entity.
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Now that is a great point, that is going to eventually need litigated. Can AI generated works be copyrighted? Or are they automatically public domain, or is there some split the baby thing? Pharmeceutical companies are already producing and bringing to market drugs that were created using AI. Can such product be protected by copyright, trademark, or patent?
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B-list? Wow, you are very generous and polite! I would have gone for “D” or “E” list for her.
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There was the case of the “selfie” photo taken by the monkey with a camera handed to him by a photographer who tried to copyright the photo.
So, if monkeys can’t be a copyright owner, neither can a machine. That’s a judicial opinion that writes itself (raising the thorny question of who would own a copyright in a self-writing document, but I digress yet again down yet another rabbit-hole…)
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Slater’s big issue was he promoted the works as not his own. Had he instead, claimed ownership from the beginning as work for hire…? Perhaps a different outcome?
Honestly, IDK 
I’m sure that at some point there will be at least one court case on this issue. Who knows maybe we’ll get a non-profit group called People for the Ethical Treatment of Imitated Neural Network Genius (PETINNG) to sue somebody so we can find out.
There are lots of laws that need to be updated for the 21st century world.
A real challenge given today’s Congress’ inability to functionally “work across the aisle”, “compromise”, or “break party lines” on anything.
The Schoolhouse Rock today would be an Idea dreaming of getting a chance to become a “just a Bill”.
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Unfortunately a byproduct of vilifying the other side constantly, which both do. I still have hope that the pendulum will swing back to rational arguments and compromise in the near future.
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Dum Spiro Spero… 
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Don’t worry, time will take care of that.
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Some food for thought…
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THE money quote - in more ways than one - from Mr. Zitron’s incisive article, methinks:
"…
AI has already begun to take jobs from workers of all ages, but corporate America’s particular disdain for its young means it will hit entry-level workers hardest. It takes a lot of work to “train” a large language model, the type of AI that powers ChatGPT and other similar products. But once that work is done, it’s a lot cheaper for businesses to buy some new tech tools than train a real person — consequences be damned. For a managerial class that has all but rejected any responsibility for helping foster workers’ growth, all that will matter is whether something is cheap and easy.
…"
Tell me again how one closes Pandora’s Box, once the cat is out of the bag?
#TeachYourChildrenTRUTH
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Or maybe use ChatGPT to write the email TO support might greatly assist us. Maybe we will find out that support is actually a badly written AI? It would explain so much!
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Who did you think you were talking to? “The issue has been fixed, kindly wait 48 hours before contacting us again” 
In related news, just ran across this over @ the AWS Marketplace:
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Some of our @Handmade folks have dipped toes into AI-aided PDP updates…
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