AUTHORSHIP OF AI-GENERATED WORKS IN ARTISTIC DOMAIN

The article analyzes the question of authorship of AI-generated works in the artistic domain. As usage of AI is projected to increase in many different industries, sometimes regardless of presence of any tangible benefits to the user, we have to evaluate potential impact of an AI on the artistic domain, mostly from the perspective of it being used as a tool by various artists. Discussion is held from the perspective of the evaluation of actual work done and the quality of the result, accounting for the time spent to achieve that result, along with human-made edits where necessary. Discussions about legal standards and decisions of determining sufficient authorship of the artistic work are largely outside of the scope of this article, however, the decision by the U.S. Copyright Office is used as an example of a sufficiently good middle ground found as an attempt to acknowledge existence and importance of AI-generated art, while avoiding any decisions that could prevent its use in both commercial and non-profit environments.