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Comment by lubujackson | original | All AI-generated code should be Open Source
[−]lubujackson · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:22 UTC · link
Sure there is: Who wrote the prompt?

You can mock that as a insufficient as "inspiration", but then... what is photography? Click a button? It turns out there is a whole lot of human creativity that remains, from timing, settings and of course, curation. I can click a button, but I'm no Ansel Adams.

Terrence Tao might solve a 100 year old math problem with AI but I couldn't. I don't know where I would start, what to ask or how to ask, or even what problems are worth solving.

AI is a tool and modern copyright laws have nothing to do with human creativity. Split hairs about attribution and legality all you like. Every creative person driven by curiosity should feel empowered by AI. Every creative person driven by social or monetary reward should feel threatened. Both can be true.