AI in Art
Violations of Art and Artists
There are heavy risks associated with artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in relation to its impact on people and the arts. With generative AI, it creates highly realistic and deceptive content, such as ‘original’ art pieces. Alas, AI cannot create original content. It can only take preexisting art and manipulate it. This creates a large issue when it comes to plagiarism. Many artists are seeing their art style blatantly ripped off from AI art generators like ImagineArt and CrAIyon. There is a need for greater awareness and regulation to address these dangers and ensure responsible use of AI technology. Here are two examples of artists being personally affected by this new violation of art.
Greg Rutkowski had a shock when he found his very name was a prompt that could generate lookalike art in generators like DALLE and Midjourney. He creates the main artwork for D&D— beautiful fantasy landscapes, detailed terrifying creatures, foggy mysterious taverns, and so much more. Now, with the typing of his name and some specifying adjectives, any internet user can have knock-off Greg Rutkowski art in moments. Rutkowski did not consent to having his art used to train AI, but it is too late now. Now his career is at risk because cheap knockoffs are so easily created.
Kelly McKernan is an artist who has worked for Dark Horse Comics, Stranger Things, and ImagineFX magazine. Her artwork could be described as dark fantasy. Like Rutkowski, her work was used to train AI art generators without her consent. Now, people are creating lookalike art with the click of a button. Previously, any production of her art style was done through her, and it was how she made her living. Now her career as an independent artist is at risk.
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