Compensating the I in AI

AI is not just the ultimate copycat. It’s also an enforcer and enabler of whole new ways to reward human creativity. The upshot? More revenue streams for creators, more opportunity, and more inequality.

Human creativity is a black box. We are inspired by multiple sources and create things by merging ideas that bounce inside our heads. Meanwhile, our current copyright system compensates creators only when their ideas are used directly — when someone samples their song, copies their text, or uses an idea that is clearly theirs. A creator doesn’t earn anything when his work inspires someone else because such inspiration is impossible to track.

Machines are different. Artificial Intelligent seems like a black box, but at least some of its inspiration can be traced and described. In fact, many machine creations are explicitly aimed at copying specific creators. Consider this clip from DJ David Guetta (If you can’t see it in your email, open the article in your browser).

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