No, according to Beryl Howell, Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia: https://www.theverge.com/2023/8/19/23838458/ai-generated-art-no-copyright-district-court
Can’t say I entirely agree. I’ve seen plenty of low effort AI, but I’ve also seen AI that clearly had work put into it, probably a custom LoRA or checkpoint, extensive inpainting and touchups, etc, where they were using AI as a tool to create something new.
What are your thoughts? Does art generated by AI deserve copyright protection?
Even if it were copyrightable, AI art is going to become so abundant that it will be too worthless to enforce copyright law over.