Okay, I’m not disagreeing with you about the fact that its all math.

However, interpolation or pixels is simple math. AI generated is complex math and is only as good as its training data.

The licence example is a good one. In interpolation, it’ll just find some average, midpoint, etc and fill the pixel. In AI gen, if the training set had your number plate 999 times in a set of 1000, it will generate your numberplate no matter whose plate you input. to use it as evidence would need it to be far more deterministic than the probabilistic nature of AI gen content.