There is an old biblical saying, "You reap what you sow," which essentially means you get out of the world what you put in. So excuse me while I pile onto an AI filmmaker, who posted on Twitter that their prompts were being stolen by the outside world. The poster in question has been going viral for a very funny complaint... which you can now read below. AI Filmmakers Beware, You Can't Copyright Your Work — (@) As you can see above, this disgruntled person starts with a "Never do this: Passing off someone else’s work as your own." And then completely glosses over that AI is the amalgamation of everyone's work taken without permission. Then they complain that a simple day-to-night transition was created by them, so no one else should be allowed to use it. Welcome to the real world, my dude. While you were using AI as a shortcut, you neglected to learn that because it's all stolen slop, anyone else can steal it, too. That's because you can't copyright AI. There's nothing proprietary about you or your prompt. That's the caveat of using AI! Hopefully, this is a learning moment for the AI user in question, but it also raises a lot of questions surrounding AI. Say you devote your life to using this "tool," can you ever make any money selling these prompts or videos if you cannot copyright them? Can they just be aped with absolutely no consequences? Sorry, but because the argument for...
Published By: NoFilmSchool - Yesterday