AI tools like ChatGPT are built on mass copyright infringement
Probably not. Humans are trained by reading books and writing something similar, but not identical. Unless what comes out looks a lot like a specific thing that went in, it&#x27;s probably not copyright infringement in the US.<p>Artists making copies of famous pictures is a standard part of artist training. Tribute bands are a thing. Elvis impersonators are a mini-industry. The lawsuits so far tend to involve &quot;passing off&quot; new work as someone else&#x27;s work, as with that ML-generated popular song passed off as a new work by a major artist. That&#x27;s not a copyright issue. That&#x27;s ordinary fraud.<p>The bitching from writers and musicians reflects not that they&#x27;re being ripped off, but that they&#x27;re being out-produced. Authors didn&#x27;t expect to be in the position of John Henry vs. the steam hammer. Now they are.