Brad, insightful, compelling, and necessary. You are theShakespeare scholar who brings valuable insights to help us cope in 2022, 23 and on. Arthur Gilbert
Great article that poses questions most of humanity should definitely consider. Similar to the threat from ChatGPT to writers, the rise of AI generated imagery is a direct threat to artists. As an Illustrator, I'm seeing how it's already impacting my field from art directors, editors and cheap publishers opting to use such images in place of hiring a human illustrator.
But that said, there's a bigggggg issue that no one has addressed yet and will almost certainly be an issue in the future: Copyright.
If AI algorithms are cobbling together images (or words) from the works that creatives have posted on the web when will there be a serious lawsuits over this creative theft? I suspect it will be fairly soon after someone creates an app that can decode the parts of an image (or written work) and then locate the original art that it was stolen from. If we think the Shepard Fairey lawsuit over his use of the Obama photo as reference was messy, we better mentally prepare for what's coming.
At least in Europe they've made some tiny strides in controlling these AI overreaches but still we better all act fast and step up the legal fight, if any of us want to maintain any kind of creative relevancy.
Hi E.R., THANKS FOR READING and also for COMMENTING! I appreciate it. Yes, copyright is a HUGE issue... does "fair use" apply to AI? What's the difference between parody and appropriation? The first time I saw DALL-E I thought, "well, there goes the stock photography market..." It's not quite accurate to say that nobody is talking about this, though. Run the phrase "ai art and copyright" through your favorite search engine and you'll see. Again, thanks!
Thanks for suggesting that search. I just read over the results and various article that came up. Holy Moly! I'm glad that AI is getting the scrutiny that it should in terms of ethics and copyright.
But I guess my ignorance also shows how much artists are being caught off guard by this. In an Illustrators' organization that I belong to, we recently discussed the implications of AI on the industry. Most of the illustrators were either slightly unaware of the deeper ramifications or were overconfident that it wouldn't impact their livelihood. I on the other hand still remain pretty apprehensive about AI imagery since I'm old enough to remember when typesetters would loudly brag, "Bahhhh! Desktop Computers will never replace what we do!"
Brad, insightful, compelling, and necessary. You are theShakespeare scholar who brings valuable insights to help us cope in 2022, 23 and on. Arthur Gilbert
Art, thanks for reading and commenting!
Great article that poses questions most of humanity should definitely consider. Similar to the threat from ChatGPT to writers, the rise of AI generated imagery is a direct threat to artists. As an Illustrator, I'm seeing how it's already impacting my field from art directors, editors and cheap publishers opting to use such images in place of hiring a human illustrator.
But that said, there's a bigggggg issue that no one has addressed yet and will almost certainly be an issue in the future: Copyright.
If AI algorithms are cobbling together images (or words) from the works that creatives have posted on the web when will there be a serious lawsuits over this creative theft? I suspect it will be fairly soon after someone creates an app that can decode the parts of an image (or written work) and then locate the original art that it was stolen from. If we think the Shepard Fairey lawsuit over his use of the Obama photo as reference was messy, we better mentally prepare for what's coming.
At least in Europe they've made some tiny strides in controlling these AI overreaches but still we better all act fast and step up the legal fight, if any of us want to maintain any kind of creative relevancy.
Hi E.R., THANKS FOR READING and also for COMMENTING! I appreciate it. Yes, copyright is a HUGE issue... does "fair use" apply to AI? What's the difference between parody and appropriation? The first time I saw DALL-E I thought, "well, there goes the stock photography market..." It's not quite accurate to say that nobody is talking about this, though. Run the phrase "ai art and copyright" through your favorite search engine and you'll see. Again, thanks!
Thanks for suggesting that search. I just read over the results and various article that came up. Holy Moly! I'm glad that AI is getting the scrutiny that it should in terms of ethics and copyright.
But I guess my ignorance also shows how much artists are being caught off guard by this. In an Illustrators' organization that I belong to, we recently discussed the implications of AI on the industry. Most of the illustrators were either slightly unaware of the deeper ramifications or were overconfident that it wouldn't impact their livelihood. I on the other hand still remain pretty apprehensive about AI imagery since I'm old enough to remember when typesetters would loudly brag, "Bahhhh! Desktop Computers will never replace what we do!"
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