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A cartoonist's review of AI art - The Oatmeal (theoatmeal.com)

submitted 4 weeks ago by mesamunefire@piefed.social to c/comicstrips@lemmy.world

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[–] Senal@programming.dev 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

What do you mean by "most of our history" , like in a timeframe sense ?

[–] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Copyright as an idea has only really be around since the late 1400s. The intial purpose of copyright was to control which information can be given to the public. It's now being used by corporations to maintain control over the creative arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_copyright#Early_developments

[–] Senal@programming.dev 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Sure, but that's not the only way people have guarded ideas.

Secret societies, artisan guilds that only taught it's members and on occasion killed people who find out their secrets, professions taught only to the direct student.

Just because the formal idea of something was recorded doesn't mean it wasnt around before.

As people we are constantly hoarding knowledge and ideas to benefit is individually or as a tribe.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

As people we are constantly hoarding knowledge and ideas to benefit is individually or as a tribe.

rather ☞ As people we are constantly sharing knowledge and ideas to benefit collectively

[–] Senal@programming.dev 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

They aren't mutually exclusive concepts, both can be true.

The point was that guarding ideas didn't start with formalised copyright.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

"history" has a clear definition and implies writing… i would have written but apparently my understanding is considered "old conception" now ☞

The use of symbols, marks, and images appears very early among humans, but the earliest known writing systems appeared c. 5,200 years ago. It took thousands of years for writing systems to be widely adopted, with writing having spread to almost all cultures by the 19th century. The end of prehistory therefore came at different times in different places, and the term is less often used in discussing societies where prehistory ended relatively recently. It is based on an old conception of history that without written records there could be no history.

[–] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Socrates railed against writing. He is credited with saying that it was a crutch that would reduce the human capacity to remember things.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

if you're writing about Socrates now, that's because Plato wrote about him.