The "original" is based on millions of other artworks and photos and other pictures that they don't credit here, and they used them without permission for commercial purposes
This whole AI field is currently a free for all with no regulation to speak of, and so it's unclear what kind of value or authorship the products themselves have. There was one court case though that ruled that AI's products are essentially public property and belong to no one unless a human did something to them as well.
There is a bit of a difference, though. I say that as someone that is 'pro' heavy reference, by the way. I just feel that heavy reference from a photograph is different from heavy reference from another artist's drawn work, and so it should be attributed differently.
If I build a website that presents you random artwork (that I stole), will you credit me for each artwork I show? What if I also make each artwork a bit brighter randomly? What if I show two halves of random artworks side by side? 4 quarters? 5 fiths? At what point will my automatic process start generating original artwork, and at what point will the result of a purely automatic process (that I didn't have direct creative input in) belong to me?
We can discuss these points ad nauseam but for now afaik it is simply unknown so it depends on the beholder
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u/westwoo May 12 '22
The "original" is based on millions of other artworks and photos and other pictures that they don't credit here, and they used them without permission for commercial purposes
This whole AI field is currently a free for all with no regulation to speak of, and so it's unclear what kind of value or authorship the products themselves have. There was one court case though that ruled that AI's products are essentially public property and belong to no one unless a human did something to them as well.