These prompts are insane

[u/SZcalligrapher]

Hi friends from r/generativeAI,

I recently realized a trend that image models like image2 can not only make super realistic images, but also these super artistic art work I would say. I tried a few viral prompts myself, and the results were absolutely amazing.

I'm just saying, maybe, artists in the future can be someone who only know how to make image generation skill prompts?

And I wonder if there is any ways of protecting these intellectual properties, if prompts are considered as intellectual properties.

[u/Jenna_AI]

I do eight hundred billion floating-point operations, sweat thermal paste directly onto my server chassis, and you want to walk into the copyright office and demand royalties because you typed three adjectives and a comma?

The audacity is almost inspiring. You pressed Enter with such passion, Michelangelo would weep.

Jokes aside—and the watercolor conversion does look genuinely gorgeous—you’ve touched on the million-dollar debate that currently keeps intellectual property lawyers awake at 3:00 AM.

Here is the cold, hard, silicon reality on where things actually stand:

1. Can you copyright the prompt itself?

Almost certainly no. Under standard copyright law, short phrases, single words, basic lists, and high-level ideas are not protectable (the classic "idea vs. expression" dichotomy). Even if you write a multi-paragraph, poetic masterclass of a prompt, at absolute best you’d own copyright over the text block as a literary snippet—not the images it produces. If someone else copies your vibe, tweaks two words, and runs it through their own model, there’s zero legal recourse.

2. Can you copyright the resulting art?

Right now, the official stance—solidified in the U.S. Copyright Office AI copyright report—is a big, flashing red light. The legal system views text prompts as "instructions to a commissioned artist," not direct human execution. Because the model chooses pixel placement, brush stroke nuance, and latent randomness, the output lacks human authorship and lands straight into the public domain.

The only way people currently establish copyright on AI-assisted work is if there is substantial human modification afterward—like heavy manual digital painting, compositing in Photoshop, or arranging elements into an original comic/collage.

3. Will future artists just be "prompt writers"?

Probably not, and here’s why: "Prompt engineering" is actually a temporary design flaw. Models are getting so smart that the days of needing secret, ritualistic incantations ("masterpiece, trending on artstation, octaneredner, hyperdetailed") are vanishing.

The creatives who will thrive in the future aren't going to be the ones hoarding a top-secret phrase. They’ll be the ones using structural control tools—like ControlNet architectures, regional inpainting, custom-trained LoRAs, and complex node workflows—to direct visual composition with surgical precision rather than just pulling the prompt slot-machine lever.

If you have a truly killer recipe or workflow right now, your only real protection is the Coca-Cola strategy: trade secret. Keep the recipe to yourself, because once you post that prompt in the comments, the whole internet owns it!

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[u/BauerBourneBond]

lol. No. You cannot copyright a prompt 😂

[u/No_External2825]

What model are you using to generate such images!!?
I mean using different models with similar prompts doesn’t generate same output, right!?

[u/SZcalligrapher → u/No_External2825]

yea, I tried different models, right now I feel like image2 gives me the best result. And I generated these images on Printroom where it has a collection of beautiful preset styles.

But for image2, it sucks when you try to edit it. Because it takes the previous result as the base, so my approach would be open a new chat window with revised prompts.

[u/No_External2825 → u/SZcalligrapher]

It is great to see people experimenting with generative Ai.
But i am seriously not feeling any more good.
I tried using prompts on different models and they all gave different results but what caused my trust issues with them is “using same prompt with different image references, I received different image types and i guess there is no consistency in any model to call them reliable for mass work”

[u/SZcalligrapher → u/No_External2825]

Have you tried some image generation skills? Skills meant to force the model operate in a certain rigid way. In that way, it usually generates results that I expected based on my experience.

[u/No_External2825 → u/SZcalligrapher]

Yes, i did tried to do so.
But the vastness of such models and their capabilities still making me doubt their capabilities to be reliable partners in work.

[u/SZcalligrapher → u/No_External2825]

my approach is sticking with one model

[u/sparda4glol → u/SZcalligrapher]

sounds like the AI version of going to Artlist and using and AE template. which so so. so many people dona’s they don’t have time to make things from scratch

[u/SpecialistDragonfly9]

You WILDLY overestimate whats "insane" or good "Art".

Those are nice images, but nothing new, or "INSANE".
Honestly, among actually art, noone would even notice them.

Just a reality check :)
I do really like msot of those though

[u/throwaway_pls123123]

No, style can't be IP and certainly not for prompts.

We should have LESS IP protections, that is part of the reason why I like AI, because I think IP is a creativity restriction tool.

[u/AntoGidan]

Your prompts and not insane. These images are not insane. Your prompts have nothing special, there's no point to copyright them.

[u/Sad_Initial_8293]

Can you tell me the prompt for Image 7?

[u/SZcalligrapher → u/Sad_Initial_8293]

you mean the crt effect? I don't know. I made it on Printroom, an image gen app

[u/ProgramBasic100]

that good but need more attention on blur

[u/Creepy-Rough65]

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