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DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp

(arstechnica.com)
125 points akeck | 4 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 1.028s | source
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charcircuit ◴[13 Nov 22 04:12 UTC] No.33579956[source]▶
Looking at the comment section it seems that people struggle to understand how it works and thinks it is literally copying parts of people's images.

Educating people about such a technical topic seems very difficult especially since people get emotional of their work being used.

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asutekku ◴[13 Nov 22 04:33 UTC] No.33580091[source]▶
The big problem here is that it trains the artists style and allows third parties to create art in their style without effort. This is especially bad for artists with really distinct style as now hundreds of copycats can come and steal the previously unique style.
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1. random_cynic ◴[13 Nov 22 04:54 UTC] No.33580208[source]▶
Hate to inform you that the "cat is literally out of the bag" now. There's no putting it back. If it isn't DA it would be someone else. Right now, anyone who does anything creative like painters, authors, composers, designers have to live with the fact that AI can generate something similar to what they can and (this is the most tragic part) generate material that would be indistinguishable (or perhaps even superior) to the general public who're not connoisseurs of their art.
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2. iszomer ◴[13 Nov 22 05:13 UTC] No.33580274[source]▶
I wonder what would Beeple say..

"Welp, I made my worth, so long suckers!"?

3. PinkMilkshake ◴[13 Nov 22 06:05 UTC] No.33580519[source]▶
I have to agree, this is a pointless battle. It doesn't matter what DA does or doesn't do. If your art is on the internet, it will be used to train AI. It's not even that it's an inevitable future, it's already the past. I do feel sorry for digital artists, but Pandora's box is open; A black ball has been drawn from the urn (in the world of digital art) and it's too late to do anything meaningful about it.
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4. visarga ◴[13 Nov 22 06:53 UTC] No.33580705[source]▶
A black ball for artists who don't use AI, for sure. The artists who jump on this trend will be benefiting the most as they know how to guide the AI better and can fix errors manually.