The AI Training Debate: Why Focusing on Copyright Is Missing the Point

As public debates rage over AI’s impact on creative industries, one critical misunderstanding keeps surfacing: the assumption that AI models consume and store entire copyrighted works like a digital hoarder, waiting to reproduce them on command. This is not how AI training is supposed to work, not even close. In reality, AI systems do not memorise and regurgitate full songs, novels, or scientific papers. They break down large volumes of information into patterns, structures, and...