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J-Cal explains the endgame for AI copyright disputes

August 03, 2025 / 01:00

This episode discusses the future of content creation, the rights of artists, and the impact of technology on journalism and storytelling. Key topics include the importance of artist permissions, the role of AI in media, and innovative ideas for interactive storytelling.

The conversation features a discussion on the societal implications of allowing artists and journalists to thrive in a technology-driven world. The speaker emphasizes the need for permission when it comes to using artistic work.

There is a specific example presented involving a mock-up of the New York Times website integrated with ChatGPT, showcasing how AI could provide exclusive content based on user queries.

Additionally, the episode imagines a scenario where users could upload their photos to become characters in a narrative, such as a Jedi Knight, highlighting the potential for personalized storytelling in the future.

TLDR

The episode discusses artist rights and AI's role in media and storytelling.

Episode

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Let's think on a societal basis of what we want. Do we want a society in which journalists, writers, artists,
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musicians, filmmakers, actors cannot make a living or do we want a world in which they can? As a technologist, we
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typically think if we can crawl it, it's ours. What I can tell you as an artist is if I make it, it's mine and you need
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my permission cuz it's my art. This is such an important point, especially to me as a content creator and somebody who
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spent his career in this. I've been thinking about the endgame. So, I had my team mock up the New York Times website
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here and chat GPT doing a deal with them. So here you see you're on the New York Times website and you ask it a
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question powered by GPT. You log in with your check GPT credentials and it could
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be Grock, it could be Gemini. Give me the earliest mentions of Putin, you know, if you were a fan of Putin or
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something and it would then go through that and give you your Putin references. And then obviously this would be an
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exclusive to Chat GPT. And then here on the uh Disney Plus channel, imagine you could make yourself into a Jedi Knight
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and you could then upload your photo. You know, kids might really get into this. You upload your photo. You talked
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about this Freeberg a couple of times of the future of narrative storytelling. up
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your photo and then it makes you into a Jedi Knight.

Episode Highlights

  • The Value of Art
    A discussion on the importance of supporting artists in society.
    “Do we want a society in which artists cannot make a living?”
    @ 00m 04s
    August 03, 2025
  • The Future of Storytelling
    Envisioning a world where personal photos can transform into characters like Jedi Knights.
    “Imagine you could make yourself into a Jedi Knight!”
    @ 00m 46s
    August 03, 2025

Episode Quotes

  • Do we want a society in which artists cannot make a living?
    J-Cal explains the endgame for AI copyright disputes
  • If I make it, it's mine and you need my permission.
    J-Cal explains the endgame for AI copyright disputes
  • Imagine you could make yourself into a Jedi Knight!
    J-Cal explains the endgame for AI copyright disputes

Key Moments

  • Artistic Ownership00:14
  • Future Technology00:46