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Owlcat is using generative AI for The Expanse Osiris Reborn, but the final game will be "100% human made" (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] [S] 4 points 7 months ago (6 children)

Upside, so if these guys use AI to create assets or code, none of that can be copyrighted currently under the law. Therefore if it's not copyrightable then pirating the game and using those assets in other games is perfectly fine.

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  • [–] 6 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    This would never hold up in court, in part due to regulatory capture, but I think this is the only thing that would stop them.

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  • [–] [S] 8 points 7 months ago (3 children)
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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Oh, I'm aware of that. Just that courts will not rule against things that involve the use of AI in general. You cannot take the output directly from, but once a human gets involved they will allow it. There's too many monied interests to allow the restrictions.

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

    That's the fun part of all of it though, there's no definition or even subjective ruling of what constitutes "substantial transformation" or any ruling that generative AI being derivative of copyrighted material, it's a complete legal clusterfuck of law and consequences.

    But yeah, I do agree that if a ruling or law change came about it would definitely be in the favor of late stage capitalism.

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  • [–] -1 points 7 months ago

    The game containing public domain images wouldn't make the entire game public domain. Someone with a copy of the game could distribute those particular assets though. Maybe. It depends on how much human effort was involved; an AI image can become copyrightable if enough effort was done to transform it after it was generated.

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