We may not have any grounds to criticize AI art's use of copyrighted material, but I believe we retain the right to criticize its aesthetic shortcomings, as per this classic post from alt.culture.jollyroger.
Dave Scocca Wrote:Elliot McGucken dba Drake Raft Wrote:Hey there Scalazi-- I'd like to see you try to top this immaculate poem.
Get off your liberal-socialist-critic's ass, and Create something which
Signifies Something.
I don't get it.... since when does one have to be able to write great
literature in order to be able to identify and appreciate it....
I go to the Dean Dome for a game... I say to myself, "that Antawn
Jamison, he certainly does know how to do amazing things with a
basketball without having to have his feet on the ground." I say to
myself, "why does Shammond Williams keep bouncing the ball off his
foot?"
Now--are these valid judgments? Should I have to work on my offensive
rebounding and on breaking the press before I can judge the basketball
capabilities of Antawn and Shammond?
Stop bouncing the literary ball off your foot all the time, Elliot.