Abstract
The rapid improvement of writing and art created by artificial intelligence (AI) is often discussed as either a revolution in productivity and efficiency, or a uniquely destructive tool that will render human creative labor obsolete. A significant barrier to either claim is that AI-generated works are fundamentally incompatible with copyright as expressed in the United States Constitution and the Copyright Act. It is not clear whether the process of training AI models on copyrighted works is consistent with copyright doctrine. Moreover, the notion of granting copyright protection to AI-generated works conflicts with the constitutional, philosophic, and economic rationales for copyright and intellectual property.
Recommended Citation
Alexa M. Benson,
Labor, Authorship, and Unionism in the Age of Artificial Intelligence,
69
St. Louis U. L.J.
(2024).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.slu.edu/lj/vol69/iss1/8