Dr. Stephen Thaler is petitioning for the recognition of his AI systems, particularly in the case Thaler v. Perlmutter, highlighting their ability to generate creative works. The D.C. Circuit Court affirmed a previous ruling denying copyright registration to AI-generated work "A Recent Entrance to Paradise", agreeing with the Copyright Office's stance that the Copyright Act mandates human authorship. Thaler's petition requests a full court re-examination, claiming the ruling negatively impacts the intersection of AI and the creative industries, asserting that no legal language necessitates a human author for copyright eligibility.
On the record, the AI executed the traditional elements of authorship, while Dr. Thaler's contribution was to build an AI system generally capable of generating creative works, and then to have, effectively, 'pushed a button' that resulted in the output of a particular creative work.
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