'It may seem odd to hear such a strong sentiment from a writer who, like most fanfic creators, uses copyrighted intellectual property as a “sandbox” to make up their own stories. But advocates for fanworks say they are “transformative,” meaning a “fanwork creator holds the rights to their own content, just the same as any professional author, artist, or other creator,” according to AO3. This is very different from what a LLM does when, for example, it generates a novel based on prompts. AI can’t replicate the creative human process of “transformation,” which involves inventing and integrating new ideas. LLMs can only reshuffle and regurgitate content that already exists.'
I might argue that this is what humans do as well, but that's a pretty unpopular opinion.
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'It may seem odd to hear such a strong sentiment from a writer who, like most fanfic creators, uses copyrighted intellectual property as a “sandbox” to make up their own stories. But advocates for fanworks say they are “transformative,” meaning a “fanwork creator holds the rights to their own content, just the same as any professional author, artist, or other creator,” according to AO3. This is very different from what a LLM does when, for example, it generates a novel based on prompts. AI can’t replicate the creative human process of “transformation,” which involves inventing and integrating new ideas. LLMs can only reshuffle and regurgitate content that already exists.'
I might argue that this is what humans do as well, but that's a pretty unpopular opinion.
https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/688640/fanfiction-ai
Exhibit B, Keyleth from Vox Machina, though in the show her religion (the Ashari) is multi-ethnic.
https://criticalrole.fandom.com/wiki/Keyleth
Also, there are lots of freckles in that show, for some reason.