If anyone needs to find me between now and the spring break, this is
where I'll be!
Here's to a great term!
Jim
Thursday, December 15, 2022
This AI wave is still very new, and I don’t fully grasp it in its entirety, but I do fully support the ongoing protest against AI art, and the very apparent theft at play.
IT IS UNETHICAL - PERIOD.
Our artwork is being included in datasets used to train these image generators without our consent or compensation.
So, until there is an ethically sourced alternative database that fairly and legally compensates artists for the use of their images, I am firmly against AI art.
As it stands today, this is nothing less than a predatory practice and we as artists need to stand up and say no - THIS is is unacceptable.
Our artwork cannot be used without our consent and exploited for someone else's financial or professional gain, and we deserve to be contacted, be provided the option to give our permission or say no, and be appropriately compensated when our art is used.
CONSENT. CREDIT. COMPENSATION.
There has to be an ethical way forward using this machine-learning tool.