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\u201cShould AI Be Listed as a Co-creator?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

After presenting a 7-week logo design presentation, the professor asked all the students a question: Should we give credit to the AI? Each student expressed their own opinion, but the result was quite interesting. The majority (in blue) did not want to give credit to the AI, while a few (in red) were willing to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n

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I realized that this seemingly simple choice revealed a deeper civilizational dilemma:\nWhen creation is no longer exclusively human, how should we define ourselves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Refusing Credit: Humanity\u2019s Instinctive Defense<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking closely at my classmates\u2019 arguments, those who refused to credit AI shared a common belief:\nCreation must originate from human will and control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They regarded AI as a mere tool\u2014like a painter\u2019s brush\u2014lacking any creative subjectivity of its own.\nBehind this stance lies the philosophical legacy of Descartes\u2019 \u201cI think, therefore I am\u201d\u2014the foundation of modern subjectivity, which places rationality and consciousness at the core of human uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By contrast, those who favored giving AI credit saw it as an extension of the self, even as a co-creator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is not a technical debate about AI\u2019s capabilities; it is a philosophical dialogue about \u201cWho am I?\u201d\nThe refusal to credit AI is, at its essence, a human defense mechanism\u2014a way of guarding the boundaries of rational subjecthood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 2. The Twilight of Copyright: Old Maps, New Continents<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our reluctance to credit AI is not merely a matter of bias; it is deeply rooted in the legal and philosophical structure of modern society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The system of copyright rests on two key philosophical foundations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n