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AI-generated artworks, photoshoots, and music are not works of art. So-called AI “musicians” and AI “artists” may own their prompts, ideas, and, where applicable, song lyrics or cover designs if those were created independently by them. A Prompt is an intellectual labor. The choice of words, structure, constraints, and context—that's the author's work. It belongs to the person who created it. They do not, however, own the resulting image or melody. The final result—an image or a melody—is a collaborative effort, involving not only the Prompt's author but also a model trained on datasets obtained without the consent of the original authors. At this point, the chain of authorship blurs so much that attributing the result to a single individual becomes ethically and culturally questionable. I see no path by which the recognition of AI artists or AI musicians could be beneficial to human culture.

My Position on AI Bots

AI bots and AI-generated works should not be published on platforms intended for fanfiction, nor should they be released as printed works. For this reason, my bots are hosted only on platforms specifically intended for AI use. An AI bot hosted on an AI bot platform is not disguised. No one thinks they're communicating with a "live writer," and no one pays, thinking they're supporting traditional literature. I view AI bots as a form of spatial fanfiction, in which the Author invites the User into a process of co-creation. By analogy, AI bot creators design a prompt (the character description) and a narrative setup (the first message) that allows the User to continue generating their role-play. User responses are an essential and substantive part of the work.

Author

• The Author creates the character definition. For clarity, the character definition should be understood as a prompt created by the Author. At present, it is not possible to ask an AI to create a complete, high-quality bot on your behalf.

• The text of the first message(s). All such texts are written by the Author. When copying or stealing a bot under the justification of “this is AI content,” please remember that the first message is authored by a human. At the very least, treat this as you would “stealing someone else’s fanfiction.” AI-generated text is immediately recognizable to anyone even minimally familiar with A