this post was submitted on 01 Nov 2023
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This reminds me of a science fiction setting in which the human race basically halted all media production because an AI was created that scanned pieces of literature to see if any passages themes, characters, or plot points were based on anything from a pre-existing work owned by a major company. Which basically everything is going to be because absolutely nothing is ever created in a vacuum.

So no one could write anymore without facing a major lawsuit and having an AI basically tell the judge that you're guilty as fuck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like Cory Doctorow writing about Disney.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It's Jon Sleeper writing about Disney actually