Authorship in the AI Era: Do 58 Words of Prompts Make You the Author?
mattbeane · x · 2026-07-23
A discussion has sparked regarding the attribution of authorship for AI-generated content: when a person writes only a 58-word prompt and the output is generated by an advanced model like GPT-5.6 Pro, who should be credited as the author?
In response, an expert pointed out that attributing authorship requires scrutinizing the full transcript of the human-AI interaction. This highlights the profound implications that interaction logs will have on future intellectual property and value assessment.
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