Directing the Algorithm

Kenan Baskuru

ISBN 10: 3689005965 / ISBN 13: 9783689005962

Published by Tectum Verlag Apr 2026, 2026

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Neuware -This thesis examines the conditions under which human users can be recognised as the authors of images generated by generative artificial intelligence (GAI). It contends that the unpredictable and opaque nature of GAI does not automatically preclude user authorship in prompt-based image generation. Drawing an analogy with improvisational cinema, it contends that just as directors guide unpredictable performances through creative decisions, GAI users can shape outputs through iterative prompts. Based on a comparative analysis of EU, US and Turkish copyright law, the thesis proposes a process-based originality assessment and introduces the concept of 'Directed Originality'.Tectum Verlag, Waldseestraße 3-5, 76530 Baden-Baden 100 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Directing the Algorithm
• Publisher: Tectum Verlag Apr 2026
• Publication Date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3689005965
• ISBN 13: 9783689005962
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 0D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 0 millimeters depth
• Weight: 155 grams

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This thesis examines the conditions under which human users can be recognised as the authors of images generated by generative artificial intelligence (GAI). It contends that the unpredictable and opaque nature of GAI does not automatically preclude user authorship in prompt-based image generation. Drawing an analogy with improvisational cinema, it contends that just as directors guide unpredictable performances through creative decisions, GAI users can shape outputs through iterative prompts. Based on a comparative analysis of EU, US and Turkish copyright law, the thesis proposes a process-based originality assessment and introduces the concept of 'Directed Originality'.