I recognize the abuses of the companies currently producing the major AI tools, which I agree often crosses the line into plagiarism, and absolutely takes unfair advantage of existing manual content creators; but I also recognize the validity of art forms that rely on repurposing or mechanically reproducing existing content: collage (in both the visual and aural forms), readymades, "plunderphonics" even arguably photography. A great deal has been written about postmodernism's use of juxtaposition, rather than raw creation, as a form of artistic expression.

I make every effort to utilize generative AI for its ability to generate new, novel combinations or to quickly generate original content from precise directions, rather than as an autonomous content author or simple regurgitator of existing media. Most of my AI tool use starts with specific finished output already in mind, with the AI…