Does Pixar deserve a cut of her salary?

Question

Your kid grows up on Pixar. Fills a hundred sketchbooks with Buzz Lightyear. At 24, she's hired to direct animation “in the Pixar tradition.” Pixar's lawyers send her an invoice for two decades of training data.

Accepted Answer

If the invoice feels absurd for her but fair for the machine, the line you're defending isn't “don't learn from my work.” It's something more human than that — and both sides of the AI war would do well to say it out loud. (5% of Americans answer "Pay Pixar" — floor est.)