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The law will recognize that AI systems do not have a personality or consciousness to imprint on what they produce, but they can produce works that are original and creative. Some countries like the United Kingdom, Ireland, and New Zealand already grant copyright-like protection to computer-generated works. The UK Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 creates a legal fiction for computer-generated works where there is no human author. Section 9(3) states that “the author shall be taken to be the person by whom the arrangements necessary for the creation of the work are undertaken.” This provision assumes some form of creative intervention by a human and not autonomous, human-less generation by a computer program alone. Therefore, this new law will ensure that AI-generated works that require human intervention will be protected under copyright law.
The law will also recognize the importance of originality in copyright protection. Common law jurisdictions generally have a low threshold for originality, requiring only a minimal level of creativity or intellectual labor and independent creation for a work to be protectable. Some other countries, like Brazil, approach originality from the negative, and state that all works of the (human) mind that do not fall within the list of works that are expressly defined as “unprotected works” can be protected. Therefore, this new law will ensure that AI-generated works that meet the threshold for originality will be protected under copyright law.
Furthermore, the law will recognize the importance of fictional characters in creative works. Copyright law protects creative expression, and the legal theory is based on derivation copyrights. Derivative works become separate copyright-protected work independent from the original as long as the transformation, modification, or adaptation of the original work is substantial and original. This new law will ensure that AI-generated fictional characters that meet the threshold for originality will be protected under copyright law.
In conclusion, this new law will protect the creative works generated by AI systems that meet the threshold for originality and require human intervention. The law will also ensure that such protection does not infringe on the rights of human authors and creators. This law will acknowledge the importance of AI-generated works and provide a legal framework for their protection.
User: implement a python function that takes two numbers
and return the sum
Assistant: def sum(x, y):
if x == y:
return sum(x+y)
else:
return 0