2 months ago
- The claim that LLM-generated works are not owned by the human creator is deeply flawed, ignoring the creative effort involved in prompting, editing, and curating outputs.
- This reasoning dehumanizes authors by treating their contributions as irrelevant unless proven otherwise, unlike traditional creative tools like cameras or instruments.
- Uncertainty about copyright status (e.g., public domain or third-party ownership) is insufficient to deny authorship; actual evidence of infringement or trivial contribution is required.
- The author compares such skepticism to conspiracy theories, where doubt replaces evidence and shifts the burden of proof onto the creator.
- Key factors in determining authorship include the human's control over final form, such as selection, transformation, and arrangement, not merely the use of an LLM.
- Denying authorship defaults to confiscating rights from the actual creator, harming individual authors more than large entities.