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Famous AI "Artist" Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work (gizmodo.com)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social

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The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Excuse me while I go grab my popcorn.

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[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I'm collecting all his tears to cook a big pot of pasta. Not sure how anyone would make "millions of dollars" from a single artwork anyway.

[–] drwho@beehaw.org 4 points 9 months ago

Money laundering.

[–] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago

its probably fictionally calculated like sales are to piracy. just because someone pirated a game/software doesnt mean they would have bought said thing at asking price had the piracy option not existed.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

This is the schadenfreude I needed to get through my day

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

Be an 1880 impressionnist, paint an artwork, die.

Now it's worth a million, possibly.