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As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation

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114 points valgaze | 3 comments | 14 Aug 22 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.697s | source
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cercatrova ◴[14 Aug 22 17:44 UTC] No.32461248[source]▶
Title should be more like, artists concerned about Stable Diffusion AI model that makes images look human-made.
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antiterra ◴[14 Aug 22 17:49 UTC] No.32461290[source]▶
It also apparently copies the artist’s logo.

In a way, the “it just does what humans do but faster” argument is starting to follow the “a number can’t be illegal” trajectory.

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cercatrova ◴[14 Aug 22 17:54 UTC] No.32461342[source]▶
Either way I support AI art and AI in other fields. Just because artists are mad it's gonna take their jobs does not seem like a legitimate reason to halt human progress. It's just inevitable the way things are going.
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Bjorkbat ◴[14 Aug 22 18:07 UTC] No.32461451[source]▶
Just because some trend feels inevitable doesn’t mean we shouldn’t oppose it. We shouldn’t be beholden to the march of technology like it’s some force of nature that we are powerless to resist.
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1. t_mann ◴[14 Aug 22 19:52 UTC] No.32462343[source]▶
Can you give examples of when technology was successfully rolled back for social reasons (not because it was found to have dramatic side effects, like asbestos eg) and that didn't coincide with a massive drop in HDI (like the fall of the Roman empire)?
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2. yanderekko ◴[14 Aug 22 20:43 UTC] No.32462768[source]▶
Anti-WMD proliferation comes to mind, but perhaps that's a special case.
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3. t_mann ◴[14 Aug 22 21:27 UTC] No.32463093[source]▶
I wouldn't call that a successful roll-back unfortunately, they've been somewhat contained at best, but they're still being produced and more powerful than ever.

Those discussions aside, what I meant by social reasons was people wanting to see some tech go away because it's automating jobs.