True, I was only saying that artists/… being able to fully own and monetise their work is one of the defensible parts of IP as a concept. I’m not claiming it’s the only possible way to go about it.

I mean that’s great and all, but intellectual property still isn’t real.

That’s just true for any social construct. I remember feeling smart when I realised this about money at like 12 years old lol.

And as far as caring about it, as long as artists/creatives/journalists need to monetise their output to survive, I’d rather see them protected in some way.

That’s the interesting part with AI: the most problematic aspects of IP are retained while the defensible aspects are eroded. Normal artists and creatives can do nothing about their work being stolen, while big corporations profit from it and even pretend to have ownership over the new output. It reminds me of this quote about conservatism.

Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.