The AI licensing problem is hard, but not impossible, the author says
dhadfieldmenell · x · 2026-07-28
The thread argues that the failure mode today is not inevitability, but a lack of effort to solve licensing at scale.
- The author thinks scalable licensing is hard, but solvable with enough creativity.
- The post also suggests rights holders may be more protected than most other workers because they have legal mechanisms to profit from AI.
- A writer can sue AI companies, while an Uber driver cannot, which the author uses to argue that creators may have more leverage than many displaced workers.
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