Artists

Studio Artist seems more like a modification software similar to Photoshop plugins that you can manipulate (I use those). The AI this guy is talking about is a different animal - Images that are created via text input software like Dall E, Midjourney, Jasper Art etc. with minimal to no creative input from the operator.

What makes it worse is that the software companies will make tons of money copying the creativity of artists, while the artists get nothing. Kelly Mckernan recently found out that she was one of 400 artists whose style was copied to create the AI app Stable Diffusion. She wrote about it recently:

What a time to be a career artist, huh? ☄️ *rolls up sleeves* ok darlings, I’ve got a platform and I’m using it: if you haven’t been following my stories, my art has been trained on by AI without my consent or compensation. For some reason, I was one of the first 400 artists stable diffusion’s tech bros chose to train their database with.

At first it was exciting and surreal, now it’s nauseating and devaluing. I’ve since discovered nearly all of my artwork shared online since 2010 through haveibeentrained.com. I’ve been shown my own art regurgitated into “new” artwork (all I see is uncanny valley, tbh). I’m credited along with the legendary @yoshitaka_amano on the Wikipedia page for AI art as a “style prompt.” I’m getting tagged in image prompts and met with indignation when I request my name removed. And now many feel comfortable profiting from these images with others happy to pay! wtf y’all??

To me, much of this is unethical. It *feels* violating. No, I will not argue on it in the comments, but I do wish to make my position clear in my statements. I’m incredibly anxious for the future of my career, more than ever before. Further, I’m concerned for the future of human creativity.

Current art students are discouraged from continuing to study; professors don’t know what to tell them; emerging artists are feeling hopeless and giving up. The gaslighting and disrespect shown toward artists by those who believe they’re entitled to use this exploitative tech has been incredibly disheartening.

Please don’t support the unethical use of AI image generators while thousands of artists are infringed upon. Demand better, and please keep speaking out! If artists can’t defend the use of their names and artwork, what have we got left?

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl7P387ulUh/

An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed

A man came in first at the Colorado State Fair’s fine art competition using an AI generated artwork on Monday. “I won first place,” a user going by Sincarnate said in a Discord post above photos of the AI-generated canvases hanging at the fair. 

But Allen did not paint “Théâtre D'opéra Spatial,” AI software called Midjourney did. It used his prompts, but Allen did not wield a digital brush. This distinction has caused controversy on Twitter where working artists and enthusiasts accused Allen of hastening the death of creative jobs. 

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvmvqm/an-ai-generated-artwork-won-first-place-at-a-state-fair-fine-arts-competition-and-artists-are-pissed