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[–] Vince@lemmy.world 31 points 3 weeks ago (31 children)

Ok, dumb question time. I'm assuming no one has any significant issues, legal or otherwise, with a person studying all Van Gogh paintings, learning how to reproduce them, and using that knowledge to create new, derivative works and even selling them.

But when this is done with software, it seems wrong. I can't quite articulate why though. Is it because it takes much less effort? Anyone can press a button and do something that would presumably take the person from the example above years or decades to do? What if the person was somehow super talented and could do it in a week or a day?

[–] taaz@biglemmowski.win 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I am guessing the closest opposite argument would be how close it is to outright copying the original work?

[–] Vince@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm more trying to figure out why it's generally acceptable when a human does it vs when a machine does it.

I don't know for sure, but I think they would be able to adjust settings so that it looks nothing like any original work, but still have the same style, as I've seen people do.

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