AI
Copyright
Society

The Copyright Dilemma of "Man vs. Machine"

ISD Team

13 Jul 2025

A lawyer in a suit writes at a desk with a Lady Justice statue in the foreground.

This essay explores the copyright dilemma of “man vs. machine” and raises a fundamental question for participatory democracy: How do we want to shape AI—and what does its evolution have in common with the invention of the railroad?

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