Different paths to AI authorship
Aviv H. Gaon · Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks · 2021
Chapter eight presents the directions that AI authorship might take in the future. First, I address the main ‘players’ who have a substantial claim to AI’s authorship: the programmer, the user, and the AI. Second, I discuss the ‘no authorship’ alternatives; these can be framed in different ways, such as public rights or government ownership. Finally, I address two other rights models: author in law, and AI moral rights. My analysis centres around the traditional copyright framework, but I make further policy observations and consider alternative legal frameworks where applicable.