On Wed, Jun 3, 2026 at 3:50 PM Brian E Carpenter < [email protected]> wrote:
> > "Copyright Eligibility: In many jurisdictions, including the United > States, works that are entirely generated by AI lack human authorship and > cannot be copyrighted. Authors must disclose AI text to ensure that only > the human-generated portions are protected. > > > > > > Do you have an actual cite that shows this to be the case? I would > observe that this problem already exists pre-AI because we might be > incorporating public domain material, but we don't designate that > specially. Nor would the kind of disclosure you propose be helpful unless > we were to explicitly designate which portions were unprotected. > > > > > > Avoiding Fraud: Failing to declare AI usage on copyright > applications can invalidate your registration and may be deemed fraud upon > regulatory bodies like the Copyright Office. > > > > > > This seems irrelevant unless all of the content of the document is > machine generated, which seems highly unlikely. For that matter, do we even > register our copyrights? > > > > > > Preventing "Hallucinations": AI models can hallucinate false facts, > references, and data. Disclosure allows readers and reviewers to critically > evaluate claims and ensures the author takes full accountability for > verifying the material. > > > > > > This is already covered under authors being responsible for the contents. > > > > > > Reader Preferences: Readers expect transparency regarding AI > involvement to assess the value and credibility of what they are consuming." > > > > > > This is just assuming the premise. > > Well, you have to argue those points with Google AI, not me. > I don't intend to use any of that text in the draft. > This is non-responsive. To recap, I argued that no such disclosure was necessary and asked you to provide a justification for why one was. You provided this AI-generated text, which I took to be your justification. If you're not prepared to defend it, then we're back to the previous situation in which you're just asserting without justification that a disclosure is necessary. -Ekr
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