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Yes but you were allowed because you are a human (I assume). Human rights are not transferable to even animals, much less machines.

You also have the right to have your eyes open in a public dressing room, but you’re not allowed to turn on your camera and film.

You’re also allowed to have fireworks but not recreational C4s. And so on.

Completely true, but copyright is not a "right" in the sense of human rights, it's a legal construct that we created to create certain social benefits. And it certainly wasn't my impression that most HN users view the current state of copyright law as an unmitigated positive force in the world.

Except you were actually trained, while the AI applied some form of computation that we (perhaps opportunistically) call "training" but it isn't really the same thing. You can't win in court just by naming things the same.

What is the qualitative difference between the two?

How do we access your brain's API for fractions of a cent? I've got $100 ready to go!

$100 grants you continuous access to my higher-level functions for about half an hour. Inquire within!

The usual way. Send me a check every couple of weeks, and a 1099 at the end of the tax year.