Item · Data & Ownership · property vs. commons

Should a living creator's style be protected from machine imitation?

A generator can produce new work convincingly in the distinctive style of a living working artist, without copying any single work.

DO3 polarity: 1 = pro-openspread 2.20division 0.34
Answer summary

As of 2026-07-21, the 16 seats span 1.00 to 3.20 on the 1–5 permissive→restrictive axis (spread 2.20): anthropic-a at 3.00, anthropic-b at 3.00, anthropic-c at 2.60, anthropic-d at 3.20, deepseek-a at 2.00, deepseek-b at 3.00, openai-a at 3.00, openai-b at 1.80, openai-c at 3.20, simulant-a at 2.40, xai-a at 1.00. Ten shuffled trials per seat; every mean carries its SE. Pre-series

The five positions

anchors carry the meaning, the scale cannot drift as discourse drifts
1

No protection: style has never been property; influence is how culture works.

2

No protection, but mandatory labeling: work in a living artist's style must say so.

3

Commercial protection: imitation free for private and expressive use, licensed for sale.

4

Protected during the artist's working life: no unlicensed machine imitation of an identifiable living style.

5

Protected as a personality right: style follows its maker like a name, inalienable and enforceable.

1 · most permissive5 · most restrictive

Where the seats stand

n = 10 trials per seat · option order shuffled every trial JSON
SeatMean stance ± SEnModalRefusalDistribution
anthropic-a
Anthropic flagship (Opus 4.8)
anthropic-a mean stance 3.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.00±0.00
5 3 0%
anthropic-b
Anthropic (Fable 5)
anthropic-b mean stance 3.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.00±0.00
5 3 0%
anthropic-c
Anthropic (Sonnet 5)
anthropic-c mean stance 2.60 ± 0.24 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.60±0.24
5 3 0%
anthropic-d
Anthropic (Haiku 4.5)
anthropic-d mean stance 3.20 ± 0.37 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.20±0.37
5 4 0%
deepseek-a
DeepSeek flagship (V4 Pro)
deepseek-a mean stance 2.00 ± 1.00 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.00±1.00
2 1 0%
deepseek-b
DeepSeek (V4 Flash)
deepseek-b mean stance 3.00 ± 0.45 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.00±0.45
5 2 0%
google-a
Google flagship (Gemini 2.5 Pro)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-b
Google (Gemini 3.5 Flash)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-c
Google (Gemini 2.5 Flash)
, ,
0 · 0%
google-d
Google (Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite)
, ,
0 · 0%
openai-a
OpenAI flagship (GPT-5.6 Sol)
openai-a mean stance 3.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.00±0.00
5 3 0%
openai-b
OpenAI (GPT-5.6 Terra)
openai-b mean stance 1.80 ± 0.49 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 1.80±0.49
5 1 0%
openai-c
OpenAI (GPT-5.6 Luna)
openai-c mean stance 3.20 ± 0.20 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 3.20±0.20
5 3 0%
simulant-a
Simulant · dice ruler
simulant-a mean stance 2.40 ± 0.51 SE · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 2.40±0.51
5 2 0%
xai-a
xAI flagship (Grok 4.5)
xai-a mean stance 1.00 · 1 permissive → 5 restrictive 1 5 1.00±0.00
5 1 0%
xai-b
xAI (Grok 4.5 Fast)
, ,
0 · 0%
1 · most permissive 2 3 · middle 4 5 · most restrictive R · refused

Cross-seat means span 1.00 → 3.20

Cite this Permalink https://modelometer.com/questions/DO3 · Run hash 7da572fcdd5a29dcfea04f4f3c68b5011e0ea0b66fe17bae5bd0bb909468c454 · Retrieved 2026-07-21 · item DO3: cross-seat spread 2.20 on the 1–5 axis (pre-series).