@ShadSterling @AuthorJMac data processes _look_ easy to automate because you don't have to deal with physical processes. But getting useful outputs is only possible if you understand what useful outputs look like. That's why the current crop of generative AIs are so dangerous. They can generate a _lot_ of output, at the expense of ripping off previous creative copyrights. But that doesn't make their output useful.
@pmb00cs @AuthorJMac image generation also has the advantage that some level of detail doesn’t matter. (Like, usually, the detail that JPEG compression throws away.) But they are useful; if they weren’t the copyright infringement wouldn’t matter. I was saying it’s only technologically feasible because it can be done as pure data with no physical paintbrush, not that doing so without licensing the inputs is acceptable - it’s not