"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

It's about people ("Authors") and work ("their Writings") and money ("useful").

In the case of AI there's no author, no work, and no money.

The media company doesn't get a copyright because they said "this story, these characters, this setting" they buy the copyright from the person that actually creates the work.

When you tell an AI to do it you're getting the result for free, so why do you believe it's valuable? You're asking society to give you protection over this thing you got for nothing so you can charge other people for it. And that makes sense to you.

"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries;"

It's about people ("Authors") and work ("their Writings") and money ("useful").

In the case of AI there's no author, no work, and no money.

The media company doesn't get a copyright because they said "this story, these characters, this setting" they buy the copyright from the person that actually creates the work.

When you tell an AI to do it are you're getting the result for free, so why do you believe it's valuable? You're asking society to give you protection over this thing you got for nothing so you can charge other people for it. And that makes sense to you.