In my hypothetical future, at least the people who create the content used to train the models can get "training royalties", which they aren't getting now.
There is still also money to be made in producing physical art or performances, even when AI can produce amazing digital works.
"Make them start over from a clean room with no copyrighted data." makes "the people who create the content used to train the models" the empty set.
> There is still also money to be made in producing physical art or performances, even when AI can produce amazing digital works.
Perhaps, but it may be akin to the way there is still money to be made from horse drawn carriages in city centres, even when cars displaced them over a century ago — a rare treat for special occasions, to demonstrate wealth.
There is still also money to be made in producing physical art or performances, even when AI can produce amazing digital works.