Even the anthropomorphism argument doesn't hold up under close scrutiny. When I was in high school I was asked to memorize several poems, including a few that are under copyright today. If I regurgitate one of these poems and present it as my own, this clearly infringes copyright, even if I no longer recall where the poem came from or who wrote it.
How is what OpenAI is doing with NYT stories any different, other than the architecture and substrate of the neural network?
How is what OpenAI is doing with NYT stories any different, other than the architecture and substrate of the neural network?