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Listen, I'm on your side of the argument and this example makes no sense at all.


It's got some sense to it. It's like, there are "objectively right" numbers, so why commit yourself to any form of craft if a computer can just find better numbers?

There's a reason you can't copyright songs constructed through combinatorial algorithms. Human authorship plays a role in creative pursuit, by law.


> there are "objectively right" numbers

No one said that.

> so why commit yourself to any form of craft

Because you enjoy it.




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