"Humans learn from millions of works, machines steal?" The AI copyright double-standard debate
VraserX · x · 2026-10-14
VraserX weighs in on the AI copyright debate: people celebrate learning from millions of existing works as the foundation of human creativity, yet call the same behavior by machines "the greatest IP crime in history." He acknowledges there are legitimate copyright questions, but argues pretending humans create in a magical cultural vacuum is ridiculous — a representative take in the ongoing training-data fight.
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