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DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp

(arstechnica.com)
125 points akeck | 1 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.27s | source
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ta8645 ◴[13 Nov 22 06:01 UTC] No.33580501[source]▶
Artists are no different than all the people who tried to destroy the cotton gin or the automated loom. We're all going to have to live in a world where these technologies exist, and find a way to live a fulfilling life regardless. Just as chess players today enjoy the game even though computers have surpassed our chess abilities.

It seems odd to complain that computers are using human's artwork to inspire their own creations. Every human artist has done the exact same thing in their lifetime; it's unavoidable.

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1. ThePadawan ◴[13 Nov 22 06:35 UTC] No.33580644[source]▶
> It seems odd to complain that computers are using human's artwork to inspire their own creations. Every human artist has done the exact same thing in their lifetime; it's unavoidable.

I don't find it odd to complain that publishing an artwork on DeviantArt has gone from "I intend humans to look at this" to "I (opt-out!) agree that a corporation may use this to generate new artwork for profit."

I would not complain if a painting of mine were exhibited in a museum and someone came in to look at it and draw something inspired by it.

I would complain if I handed over a painting of mine to that same museum to be exhibited, they scanned it in at high resolution, handed it over to a class of copy artists, who then produced artwork in order to compete with mine, before finally putting it up in a gallery.

Does that still seem odd?