AI vs Artists - The Biggest Art Heist in History

Yes I'm a Designer
1 Mar 202444:22

Summary

TLDRThe video discusses the impact of AI image generators like Midjourney on artists. It explores concerns around copyright infringement and data scraping, with models trained on billions of images without consent. The speaker argues this is hurting artists directly by allowing easy mimicry of unique styles. They examine ethical issues like impersonation and generated fake content. Overall, they advocate careful, selective use of AI art to avoid jeopardizing creative futures or discouraging emerging talent through over-automation. The video calls for transparency, consent, and compensation around training data as well as human review of AI art laws.

Takeaways

  • ๐Ÿ˜ฎ Generative AI models like Midjourney are trained on billions of images scraped from the internet without consent, including artists' copyrighted work
  • ๐Ÿ˜ข Artists feel their unique styles are being stolen by AI to generate images, while they receive no compensation or credit
  • ๐Ÿ˜  There are no regulations restricting companies from scraping copyrighted content for AI training data
  • ๐Ÿ˜• AI-generated art saturates online spaces, making it harder to trust content and appreciate human creatives
  • ๐Ÿ˜Š Ethical models like Adobe's train on stock image libraries with creator consent and compensation
  • ๐Ÿ‘€ Tools like Nightshade and Glaze can help creators poison-pill images to protect against scraping
  • ๐Ÿค” Contributing images to AI models may enable style mimicry and involuntary data laundering
  • ๐Ÿ˜” Young artists feel hopeless seeing AI instantly achieve aesthetics that took them years to develop
  • โš–๏ธ Clear legislation is needed around transparency, consent, and compensation for AI training data
  • ๐Ÿ˜Œ Human creativity, skill, and vision will likely regain dominance as AI art becomes industrialized junk food content

Q & A

  • What are some of the main concerns artists have regarding AI image generators?

    -Artists are concerned that their work is being scraped from the internet without consent and used to train AI models. This allows companies to profit from their work without compensation or credit. There are also concerns about potential reputation damage, forgery, and identity theft.

  • How does AI art affect young and aspiring artists?

    -Many young artists feel hopeless and discouraged because AI can generate quality artwork with little effort, making them question spending years honing their skills. This could negatively impact the number of people who pursue art as a career.

  • What are some solutions proposed to make AI art more ethical?

    -Solutions include only using work from artists who consented, providing royalties and compensation, cataloging generated images to make them traceable, banning direct style mimicry, and requiring a mix of at least two art styles.

  • How does AI art affect perception of what is considered quality art?

    -Seeing a lot of AI art online will make people assume most art is AI-generated. This means great human artists may not get recognition, as people doubt the authenticity of art from new and emerging artists.

  • Why can AI art not be copyrighted in its current form?

    -The last step of creative expression is done by the AI model based on the prompt, not the person typing the prompt. Without human authorship and creativity, AI art cannot be copyrighted under current laws.

  • What are some flaws in believing AI art democratizes art?

    -Most AI artists want to copyright their own work and profit from it commercially. The art community has always welcomed beginners, so there have not been major barriers to entry other than dedication and practice.

  • How does generative AI threaten the appreciation of art?

    -AI art is fast, cheap consumerism rather than something contemplated and appreciated. Losing the connection between art and the artist's skills, efforts, experiences and feelings removes meaning and value.

  • What are examples of companies taking an ethical stance on AI art?

    -Some companies like Procreate explicitly avoid integrative AI to focus on empowering human creativity. Others like Adobe and Shutterstock are transparent about using only consented data in training.

  • What skills do human artists have that AI lacks?

    -Humans have skills AI lacks like true creativity, surprise, conveying thoughts and feelings, and the ability to make glorious mistakes that lead to breakthroughs. This will keep human art valuable.

  • How can artists with influence make a difference regarding AI art?

    -Influential artists can speak out about concerns over losing the option to pursue art as a career, and discouragement of young artists. They can value human skill and creativity in their own work.

Outlines

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๐ŸŽจ Generative AI's Impact on Art and Copyright

This section highlights the concerns of artists and creators about generative AI, such as MidJourney and OpenAI's Sora, which create art and videos from text prompts. It discusses the ethical and legal issues surrounding the use of massive datasets like LAION-5B, which contains billions of images without the consent of the original creators, to train AI models. The potential for these technologies to undermine copyright laws and the creative process is a significant concern, as AI can replicate styles and produce art that competes with human artists, raising questions about originality, compensation, and the future of creativity.

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๐Ÿ” The Business Perspective and Ethical Concerns in AI

This paragraph addresses the predominantly business-first approach in discussions about AI, highlighting the need for a more inclusive perspective that includes artists and creators in the decision-making process. It critiques the practices of companies like Mid Journey for using copyrighted images without permission, likening the impact of generative AI on artists to the disruptions caused by file-sharing services on the music industry. The emphasis is on the potential of generative AI to not only use artists' work without compensation but to replace them entirely, raising ethical concerns about the sustainability of creative professions.

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๐Ÿ‘ฅ The Personal Toll on Artists and Style Mimicry

Focusing on the personal stories of artists affected by AI's ability to mimic styles, this paragraph illustrates the emotional and financial impact on creators who see their unique styles replicated without consent or compensation. It introduces the concept of 'consistent styles' by platforms like Mid Journey, which exacerbates the issue by allowing users to generate art in any artist's style, further blurring the lines between original work and AI-generated content. The discussion also covers the inadequate responses by AI companies to copyright infringement, highlighting the broader implications for artists' rights and recognition.

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๐Ÿค– Ethical Dilemmas and the Future of Artistic Creation

This section delves into the ethical quandaries posed by generative AI, including the manipulation of data to create art that mimics specific styles, raising questions about originality and copyright. It discusses the impact of AI on the value of human creativity and the potential for AI to saturate the market with content that lacks the depth and authenticity of human-made art. The text also examines the implications for emerging artists and the importance of ethical considerations in the development and use of AI technologies in creative fields.

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๐ŸŒ The Proliferation of AI-Generated Content and Copyright Issues

Exploring the widespread distribution of AI-generated images and their impact on digital platforms and stock image libraries, this section highlights the challenge of distinguishing between human and AI-created content. It points out the transparency efforts by companies like Adobe with its Firefly model, trained on a unique dataset, and contrasts this with the broader issue of non-consensual use of copyrighted materials. The discussion extends to the implications for copyright law, artist compensation, and the need for ethical standards in AI-generated content.

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๐Ÿ‘“ Perception of Reality and the Value of Human-Created Art

This paragraph reflects on how generative AI affects the public's perception of art and reality, suggesting that the abundance of AI-generated images could numb people's appreciation for the intricacies of human-made art. It emphasizes the importance of the creative process and the unique experiences and emotions that artists bring to their work, which AI cannot replicate. The text argues that while AI art may offer accessibility and instant gratification, it lacks the depth and personal touch that characterize human creativity, potentially leading to a devaluation of genuine artistic talent and effort.

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๐Ÿš€ The Debate on Generative AI's Ethical Use and Copyright Reform

Discussing the ongoing debate over the ethical use of generative AI and the need for copyright reform, this section outlines the views of various stakeholders on how to address the challenges posed by AI in creative industries. It explores potential solutions like consent-based training datasets, compensation for artists, and stricter copyright laws to prevent data laundering and style mimicry. The text underscores the importance of transparency, accountability, and responsible innovation in the development of generative AI tools to ensure they complement rather than compromise human creativity.

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๐ŸŒŸ Prospects for Ethical Generative AI and Creative Futures

Looking towards the future, this section examines the potential for developing ethical generative AI that respects artists' rights and contributes positively to creative industries. It discusses the efforts of companies like Adobe and initiatives like the Content Authenticity Initiative to integrate ethical principles into AI development. The paragraph emphasizes the importance of legislative action, community standards, and technological solutions to ensure that AI serves as a tool for enhancing human creativity rather than undermining it, preserving the opportunity for future generations to pursue art as a viable career.

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๐ŸŽญ The Importance of Human Creativity in the Age of AI

Concluding the discussion, this paragraph champions the irreplaceable value of human creativity and the unique qualities that human artists bring to their work, which AI cannot replicate. It reflects on the role of discipline, passion, and hard work in the creative process, using the example of PewDiePie's art journey to inspire and encourage artists. The text argues against the notion that AI can or should replace human creativity, advocating instead for a future where technology supports and enhances the artistic expression, ensuring that art remains a meaningful and vibrant part of human culture.

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Keywords

๐Ÿ’กgenerative AI

Generative AI refers to artificial intelligence systems that can generate new content, such as images, videos, text, etc. The video focuses extensively on image generation systems like DALL-E and Midjourney that can create realistic images based on text prompts. It discusses concerns around these systems being trained on copyrighted or inappropriate data as well as legal and ethical issues around mimicry of artist styles.

๐Ÿ’กtraining data

The data used to train generative AI models - often large datasets of images, text, videos etc scraped from the internet without much curation. The video argues this training data likely contains copyrighted art, inappropriate content etc and that artists should have consented and been compensated.

๐Ÿ’กdata laundering

The process of taking data that was scraped without permission, transforming it (like compression) and then claiming it is legitimate to use to train AI models commercially. The video argues this is how stolen artist work ends up training generative models.

๐Ÿ’กartistic style

The distinctive visual style of a particular artist. The video discusses AI concerns around models not just copying styles but also perfectly mimic specific artists using few reference images, potentially damaging their careers.

๐Ÿ’กconsent

Permission given by artists for their work to be used in AI training data and models. The video argues consent is not properly taken from artists currently.

๐Ÿ’กcopyright

The legal ownership and rights over creative work. Copyright law does not properly cover AI-generated mimicry of artist work currently. The video recommends updated legislation to empower artists.

๐Ÿ’กcompensation

Payment to artists for commercial use of their work in training AI models and generating profit from their styles. The video argues proper compensation currently does not occur.

๐Ÿ’กtransparency

Being open about what data is used to train AI models. The video recommends model training datasets should be fully transparent about included data.

๐Ÿ’กethics

Principles of morally right behavior. As AI artwork increases, the video discusses dilemmas around ethical use of these models and data vs profit-seeking at any cost.

๐Ÿ’กregulation

Laws and government oversight governing use of new technology like AI. The video argues better regulation is needed around generative models and data practices.

Highlights

AI models are designed to generate new images similar to what they have seen during their training.

The more distinct an artist's style is the more successfully AI can mimic it.

The real appreciation of art comes from valuing the process of the artist, not just the final work.

Looking at generated images is numbing your senses and distorting your perception of reality.

Relying mainly on generative AI to make money is not going to last long even if the creator tries to hide the AI use.

Without an AI tool, most AI artists wouldn't be able to even come close to their generated images.

The companies behind social platforms are baiting users with pretty AI pictures and videos, harvesting their attention and selling it to advertisers.

Generating images, videos, music, 3D objects and everything else will quickly lose its novelty and hype.

The real danger of generative AI is its effect on up-and-coming artists. Many talents may have already been lost to discouragement.

I want a future where there's an option to pursue art as a career. I want kids to want to draw, want to create, want to make things that mean something to them.

Drawing is a visual language, a form of communication. Just because a robot can speak doesn't mean we should stop speaking.

Generative AI models are devouring art in order to mimic greatness created by artists, but they will never have a soul or feelings to express.

At some point human art is going to be valued higher than AI art. AI will always be second rate.

There will be a constant race to identify real human creativity versus something that just came out of a pixel predictor.

We're putting the whole creative future of humanity at risk with generative AI because it's not just skipping fundamentals, it's skipping the emotional journey of learning.

Transcripts

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I've seen a lot of my friends just

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suffering because their work is so

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prominent and they struggled for 10

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years or more trying to get their Style

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just to see someone else parading

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wearing their face and parading it right

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there is nothing stopping ad companies

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from taking whatever you own from the

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internet downloading it and putting into

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their training model nothing really

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we're putting the whole creative future

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of humanity at risk here in the last

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couple of weeks I spoke to many amazing

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artists and scientists about my mixed

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feelings of generative AI join me to

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hear their thoughts my advice to

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creators and predictions on what's to

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come I will be perfectly honest with you

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I am equally fascinated and terrified by

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generative AI as a graphic designer

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illustrator and educator I try to stay

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on top of any new technology and tool

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that helps self-expression and

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creativity I still remember the first

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time I saw the potential in AI use for

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creating art it was in 2018 when I saw

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the example Scott Eaton achieved using

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his model trained exclusively on his own

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photography data set from his body's in

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motion project I never thought that by

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2024 we will have tools like mid Journey

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that can generate photorealistic images

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indistinguishable from real photos or

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art and tools like open AI Sora capable

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of generating ultra realistic videos

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from Tex prom

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by now most likely you are familiar with

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how AI images are generated but in case

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you are not let me give you a very brief

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and extremely simplified summary you

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type in a few words your prompt

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describing what you want to see and the

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AI model generates images for you that

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never existed before for this process to

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work well the AI module needs to be

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trained on a massive amount of images

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and their descriptions at the moment the

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most effective and most widely used data

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set Layon 5B includes

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5.85 billion uncurated images cwed from

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publicly available websites and Cloud

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storages this data set was meant for

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research purposes only but companies

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started to utilize it commercially

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within a few months after its release

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there are all kinds of images in this

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data set from public domain pictures to

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a staggering amount of copyrighted work

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of both dad and living artists and a

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fair amount of explicit content too the

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creators of this data set didn't get

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consent from anyone while collecting

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these images there was no opt-in or opt

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out but since it was meant for research

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purposes only it didn't seem to violate

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anyone's rights you can get a better

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idea of the effectiveness and sheer

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amount of scraping that was used to

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generate Layon 5B data set by going to

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have iben tred.com website you can

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search the entire training data using

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someone's name a domain name or even a

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keyword for instance you can find out

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how many images of elephants were

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scraped off the internet and you can

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start to see why AI models can generate

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images of elephants from any angle and

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in any artistic style this is like

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scanning someone's brain to see how well

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they remember how an elephant looks only

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artists with extraordinary visual memory

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like the late Kim jangi can come close

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to this level of familiarity and

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comprehension of a subject matter

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without going into the technicalities of

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how deep learning and stable diffusion

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works here are some important things to

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understand about text to image

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generative AI models they are designed

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to generate new images similar to what

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they have seen during their training

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once a model is trained on an image it

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cannot unsee it it is a bit like human

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memory but much more accurate and

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extensive a bit like photographic memory

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paired with unlimited storage capacity

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to improve the speed of the generation

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process all images that are fed into the

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AI model are compressed now this

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compressed form of the image or latent

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image looks like noise to us but the

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model is capable of reversing it back to

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a recognizable almost identical image as

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the original input this transformation

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between the original image and the

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recovered image after the def Fusion

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process is crucial as this is used as an

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excuse by AI companies to get around

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existing copyright laws and to allow

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them to cheat artists out of their

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rightful

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compensation you may have heard of the

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term data laundering it involves

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transforming stolen data so that it can

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be used for legitimate purposes in this

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instance the original data 5.85 billion

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images was collected from the web by

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nonprofit research groups and then

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shared with for-profit companies most

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people who are having the AI discussion

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are unfortunately starting from a

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business first mindset so all of the

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ideas all of the discussion about what

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should be legal what should not be legal

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our discussions are sort of framed

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around companies that want to scale up

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to the millions to billions of dollars

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of Revenue right and if if you're going

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to be that kind of company I don't think

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you can just have a charismatic CEO at

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the top who thinks that they have

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perfectly understood the future of

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technology and that for some reason

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thinks their fairh handed handling of

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this situation is going to assure the

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best outcomes for everybody no you need

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boards that are made up of actual

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artists right not just um not not just

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technology people who stumbled upon a

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code that happens to make art you need

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people who are really sort of outside of

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the situation real stakeholders um to

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help guide these organizations creators

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of mid Journey one of the most popular

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text to image generators have been

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recently CAU discussing laundering

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copyrighted images whilst training their

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AI model many scientists who worked on

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developing AI Technologies are also

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disillusioned by the predatory practices

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of AI companies used to harm individuals

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and entire Industries there is nothing

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stopping a companies from taking

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whatever you own from the internet

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downloading it and putting into their

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training model nothing really uh there's

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no legal uh statue standing in the way

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there's no regulatory agencies that that

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say this is not allowed but why is it

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such a big deal you might ask that AI

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modules have been trained on copyrighted

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materials how does this affect the

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original

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artists remember what happened to the

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music industry when nepsta first came

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out and then with pretty much every

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other intellectual property once fire

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sharing or torrent sites became

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available I'm talking about movies TV

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shows books software Games Etc although

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pirated content is still widely

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available most Industries found ways to

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combat it mainly by streaming their

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content the main difference however is

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that while torrent sites have been

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hurting mainly large companies and

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Brands generative AI is hurting

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individuals what is worse is that

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generative AI didn't just steal artists

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work it was created in order to replace

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them since we are comparing AI systems

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to torrent sites it's as if you can only

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download the last season of your

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favorite show but even generate any

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number of new episodes or Seasons

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without the consent and input of the

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shows creators if they if they were

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marketing a commercial product that was

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solely based on people who opted in they

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wouldn't have a very competitive product

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they wouldn't have a product that would

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compete directly with artists right and

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like you know this they want to tell

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people it's a tool and it's a tool for

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artists but it's not it's it's meant as

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a replacement for artists because

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they're trying to directly compete with

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artists in the same market right that is

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not a tool that is a replacement the

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only way to have a very competitive

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extremely competitive product that has

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the best imagery is to scrape from

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everyone and anyone one of the main

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arguments of people using generative AI

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tools is that their generated images

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only look similar to existing real

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artwork that was used to train the AI

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models they compared this ability of

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mimicking other people's work to how

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artists find inspiration and references

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here is what l v bar or Lo wrote about

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this many have compared image generators

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to human artists seeking out inspiration

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these two are not the same my art is

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literally being fed into these

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generators through the data sets and

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spat back out of a program that has no

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inherent sense of what is respectful to

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artists as long as my art is literally

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integrated into the system Ed to create

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the images it is commercial use of my

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art without my consent there are

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dedicated websites like this one to help

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people easily copy any artist style

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using mid Journey you can consider these

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style cataloges for people who are lazy

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to even research and get to know the

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artist they would want to copy Bobby CH

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put it this way in his video ai's

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ability to copy my style is kind of like

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after I spent all this effort to climb a

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mountain once I get to a top everyone

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else just pops up with the you know

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taking selfies on top of this mountain

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right beside you and you know that if

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you didn't climb the mountain then none

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of the others could either yet the only

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compensation that's given is to the AI

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company even though without my artwork

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as well none of this would be possible

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they're just looking at something and

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they're they're thinking that looks cool

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um who did that I'm going to keep

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prompting stuff by lowish right then

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that's not you're not learning anything

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you're just kind of you know it's cool

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you don't understand why it's cool and

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you just kind of want to keep generating

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more of it so that that to me feels like

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you're not really benefiting from

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anything you're kind of just you know

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pulling the slot machine for more for

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more results but I've seen a lot of my

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friends just suffering because their

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work is so PR and they struggled for 10

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years or more trying to get their Style

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just to see someone else parading

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wearing their face and parading it right

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you might wonder what happens if you

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want to mimic a specific less known

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artist style and M Journey doesn't

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recognize their name when you're using

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it in your prompts well mid Journey

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recently introduced a feature called

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consistent Styles which makes it even

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easier to mimic anyone's style let me

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demonstrate this quickly here are some

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illustrations my good friend George ton

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created

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using one or two of these as style

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references mid Journey can closely

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emulate George's style and the whole

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process takes less than a minute within

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an hour anyone can generate hundreds of

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detailed illustrations in George's

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unique artistic style what this means is

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that even if his work wasn't scraped in

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the first place and used to train the AI

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model the uploaded style references will

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help to identify similar artwork in the

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database and use that to generate

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something very similar I don't know if

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the uploaded images by the user are then

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automatically added to the AI models

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training data but I'm pretty sure they

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are used in some way to improve it if

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that is the case then users become

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complicit in data laundering without

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their knowledge here is what Patrick

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Brown has to say about style mimicry

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when I confronted him with generated

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images using mid Journey's consistent

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Style featur

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when I saw this I was kind of surprised

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very shocked each of these were probably

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just made within seconds compared to if

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I was to draw something like this maybe

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like this one I would spend probably at

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least 3 days probably pulling this

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together maybe four or five including

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the background for sure like that

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background very detailed you know it

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does look very

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aiish but to the average eye I think it

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would just pass as a the usual kind of

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Spider-Man artwork or just a piece you

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would have thought that it would have

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been done by an artist so it's very

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scary and I don't like that side of AI

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to be honest especially when you aim at

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a certain artist and say Hey I want to

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get this style and then create a full

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picture and out of thin air it really

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does suck to have your name or your art

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style kind of siphoned off and like put

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through a filter and generated and spit

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it out in few a few seconds you know

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there is a short paragraph about

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stealing someone's intellectual property

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in mid Journey's terms of service if you

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knowingly infringe someone else's

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intellectual property and that cost us

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money we are going to come find you and

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collect that money from you we might

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also do other stuff like try to get a

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court to make you pay our legal fees

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don't do it Sam does Arts explained the

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dangers of AI imitating anyone's work

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when AI Generations are made to look

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like an artist's work this has the

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potential for reputation damage for

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forgery for fraud for identity theft and

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what's most concerning is that when

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these models are trained on images of

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your artwork they are unable to forget

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so almost all of these models are now

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working with tainted data their

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Generations now all involve copyrighted

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content which has been gathered without

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the knowledge or permission of the

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copyright owner it is directly hurting

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artists who have put their passion and

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their soul into everything that they

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create only for their work to be scraped

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from the internet without their

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permission and used in training AI

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models the unfortunate Paradox is that

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the more distinct an artist style is the

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more successfully AI can mimic it

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Additionally the more complex and

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detailed an artwork is the more likely

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people will think it is made by AI even

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when it's not so generated images

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mimicking someone's style is not only

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plagiarizing the artist but also makes

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people doubt the authenticity of any

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future or past work created by the

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artist I've been looking at at for I

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don't know the past 20 years or so in my

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life and yeah sure sometimes there are

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dead giveaways about like oh it's too

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smooth or does this and that but like

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for what you're showing here especially

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with their consistency update it's it's

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scary like it's it's truly scary you

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take someone like gabs for example and

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and you just want to emulate his style

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you want it for a cover you want it

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for an illustration for a movie poster

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right you just you take a few more

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examples double it triple the uh the

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amount that you that you use for

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consistency and all of a sudden you have

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even better results so I think it's

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tremendous tremendously scary because

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it's so good this AI ethics Spectrum

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demonstrates really well how exact style

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mimicry is ethically and morally the

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worst thing you can use generative AI

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for especially when used to profit

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commercially from the generated images

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Dana Executive Vice President general

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counsel and chief trust officer at Adobe

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said this in his interview with neai

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Patel from the word there's no such

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thing as style protection in copyright

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law right now that you can't protect

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that there's that's not a concept so

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we've uh We've introduced in the same

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sen of testimony you refer to earlier

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this idea of a federal anti-

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impersonation right and the idea of that

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is it would give artists a right to

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enforce against people who are

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intentionally impersonating their work

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for commercial gain is it still possible

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to share anything online without

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worrying about feeding a generative AI

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model with your work Ben Xiao professor

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of computer science and his team at the

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University of Chicago created two

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interesting tools that can help protect

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your digital images stored online so n

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shade is trying to help give some power

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back to the to the content owners um

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against people who don't care about

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licensing who don't care about ownership

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who don't care about copyright uh it is

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a small poison pill you can put inside

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your art um it works very similar to

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glaze except where glaze is modifying

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what the AI model sees in terms of

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artistic style Nightshade works by

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changing what the AI model sees in terms

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of composition so instead of you know

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seeing a cow in a you know Green pasture

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it sees a big leather handbag uh sitting

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on a grassy Hill right so um each art

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piece can be equipped with a small

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poison pill um in such a way that if

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enough of it gets collected and gets

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trained by the same model then that

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model will start to get very confused

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about what is a cow it will think that a

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cow has a nice leathery handle and you

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know shiny buckles um and those kind of

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things AI is not only saturating the

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internet with unreliable fake content

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that's free to access but also in the

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form of paid content here is an example

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of a fake art book that is advertised as

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a compelling and extensive guide book on

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drawing people while in reality it is a

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collection of generated images and

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generated text with close to zero value

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to anyone interested in learning to draw

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fellow YouTuber Jaz dros made a video

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about this it just goes to show the

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moral ethic iCal ambiguity of AI now uh

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and how it's how it's impacting artists

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I could have paid that $95

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us to the people who whose style that

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was based on or or it was used you know

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I might have bought J Scott Campbell how

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to draw book you know which I and I've

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bought some of those I am pretty sure

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this is just one of many examples of fig

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books out there just imagine you are

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learning to drive and you get scammed to

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learn from a fake book or you get a

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story book for your child that turns out

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to be AI generated with hidden flows

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that will secretly influence your

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child's imagination or understanding of

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the world oh wait this already happened

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how can you protect yourself from fake

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books only by being extremely Vigilant

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but it is going to get harder and harder

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to differentiate generated books from

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real ones as AI models and workflows

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improve but it's not just books there

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are all kinds of generated digital

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products already out there sites like

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art station are full of stuff like this

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massive collections of image references

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of something very specific like a

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stylized werewolf head there is a small

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mention that this product is made with

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the help of AI meaning it's nothing more

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than a library of curated generated

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images at least here they were not lying

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about the use of AI stock sites are also

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Ed with generated images to see the

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scale of proliferation it's worth

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checking the ratio between real images

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compared to generated images on some of

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the popular stock sites shut stock for

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instance currently has around 5 million

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AI generated images which sounds like a

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lot but it only amounts to

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1.15% of its entire Library compared to

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this free pick went all in with AI

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images a staggering

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42.7% out of their 121 million stock

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images are generated I have to give it

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to them though that they are being

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completely transparent about this and

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they make it super convenient to filter

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for AI images even based on which model

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they were generated in and whether their

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original prompt is available or not out

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of the 400 million stock images

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currently on Adobe stock 10.1% are AI

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generated contributors have to indicate

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if their image was created using AI

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tools and whether people or property in

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the images are fictional here is one of

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their guidelines for generative AI

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content don't submit content created

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using prompts containing other artist

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names or created using prompts otherwise

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intended to copy another artist the most

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interesting thing is that adobe decided

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to train their generative model Adobe

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Firefly on a unique data set made up of

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adobe stock IM images along with openly

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licensed work and public domain content

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where copyright has expired I stock by

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gy images also introduced their own

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generative AI solution in September 2023

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partnering with Nvidia which similarly

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to Adobe Firefly was exclusively trained

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on their own stock Library these two

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examples Adobe and gy pro that

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generative AI models can work without

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stealing billions of images and being

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transparent about their training data

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large stock sites like these were in a

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unique position that they were sitting

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on a gold mine from a deep learning

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point of view they have a huge library

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of mostly high quality and high

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resolution images with descriptive

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titles and tags added by the

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contributors to make their images easier

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to find at the moment when comparing

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Adobe Firefly with mid Journey for

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instance it's a clear wiin in most cases

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for Mid Journey in terms of the quality

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and realism of the output however Adobe

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is undeniably the more ethical model out

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of the two flip normals is another great

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example of a digital Marketplace aimed

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at 3D artists where the founders Morton

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and Henning made it clear that

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contributors can upload and sell a wide

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variety of content as long as it's not

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AI generated any AI art uploaded even if

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given away for free will be taken down

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relying mainly on generative AI to make

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money is not going to last long even if

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the Creator is going to try to hide the

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fact that they used AI on one hand it is

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unethical using mid journey is similar

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to using torrent sites selling work

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heavily relying on generated images is

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even worse however it is like selling

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stuff that you downloaded from torrent

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sites the creators of AI tools are not

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directly involved in the of plagiarism

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they only provide the framework or

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vehicle for it on the other hand art

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created with AI is super accessible

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anyone can do it which means pretty much

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everyone will use it eventually it

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reminds me of Google and other search

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engines when they first came out in the

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mid '90s and using them to find answers

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to your questions was like magic it

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seemed like a unique skill for a while

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but then it became the norm and now it

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is as normal to use a search engine as

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breeding having amazing cameras on our

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mobile devices didn't automatically turn

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all of us into professional

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photographers also randomly taking

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thousands of photos every day may still

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not result in any outstanding images

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generating images videos music 3D

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objects and everything else that will be

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possible in the future will quickly lose

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its novelty and hype and the value of

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generated art will plummet Jake Parker

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calls generative AI a new and Incredibly

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successful form of industrialized art

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where quantity affordability and speed

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is the priority over quality and skill

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previous successful examples of

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industrialized art are stock sites

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Fiverr and social media platforms like

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Pinterest Instagram Tik Tok the

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companies behind social platforms are

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baiting users with pretty pictures and

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videos harvesting their attention and

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selling it to advertisers they are

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serving up compact thumbnail size art on

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a conveyor belt what's worse is that

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these social platforms are already

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saturated with AI images and soon AI

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videos will follow turning them into a

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Minefield if you're looking for

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authentic content compared to these

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other examples of industrialized art

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generative AI takes things to a whole

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new level it is a peak example of

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consumerism it's like the the fast food

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version of art it's available to

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everyone it's cheap but it is not good

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for you while fast food is negatively

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affecting your physical condition AI art

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is affecting your mind and how you

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perceive things that you see looking at

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generated images is numbing your senses

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and distorting your perception of

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reality remember when a piece of art was

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experienced by staring at it for several

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minutes and appreciating all its details

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and imp factions trying to learn its

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meanings and Mysteries the thoughts and

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emotions the artist was trying to

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capture generative images on the other

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hand serve our impatient Society

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perfectly we are Highwire or trained to

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think that looking at anything for more

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than 2 seconds feels like a waste of

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time and to be frank that is actually

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true about most AI art what humans want

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is like the shortcut like biologically

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we don't want to do work we don't want

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to do do hard things because well I mean

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we burn more calories and if we don't

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have to we don't want to do that if

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there was a pill that overnight you

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would get jacked you would go from being

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a skinny or a fat guy to like actually

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like Henri caval in The Witcher kind of

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level and you would be like sweet now

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that's done I don't have to spend 10

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years of my life and 5 hours at a gym

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per day like you would you would just be

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there and it's almost like we have that

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if you have a button to get jacked with

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in art like what's the point of things

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right the real appreciation of art comes

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from valuing the process of the artist

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not just the time and effort it took

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them to create a specific piece of art

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but their entire life experience

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generative AI removes the process from

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creation and makes people believe that

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it offers a shortcut to acquire artistic

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skills and experience the actual Act of

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taking a great photo requires much less

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time than creating a painting of the

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same sub subject and it could also be

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considered a shortcut to achieve the

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same composition however taking great

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photos still relies on a lot of skills

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and practice compared to writing a

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prompt imagine that you have an idea for

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a painting and you describe it to your

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friend you also tell her that you don't

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think you have the time or skills to

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create it but you would love to see

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someone else painting it next time you

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meet your friend shows you a painting

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that closely resembles what you

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described she tells you that your idea

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inspired her and that she worked on it

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for several days now would you consider

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yourself to be the artist in this

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situation this is the same relation

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between a user and a generative AI tool

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where the AI is the friend who does the

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actual work based on your prompt another

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way to think about this is to imagine a

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game where you have two options in the

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main menu to start the game or to see

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the end of the game the first option

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would require you to spend dozens of

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hours of playtime to reach the ending if

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you decide to choose the second option

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you could save all that time and effort

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but would the ending mean anything to

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you then not only you wouldn't fully

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understand what's happening but you

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wouldn't have any emotional ties to any

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of the characters or events is AI art

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not just a new type of digital art which

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when it first became available was

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considered to be a shortcut to creating

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art and was looked down on by

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traditional artists most people had the

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misconception of digital art being

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somewhat similar to generative images

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where you just push a few buttons and a

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great image pops out but compared to AI

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art digital art is made by hand and

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requires a lot of skill to do well most

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AI artists already look at traditional

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and digital artists as dinosaurs and

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saying generative AI is just another

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tool and those who won't embrace it will

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fall behind but most of them don't

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realize is that without an AI tool they

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wouldn't be able to even come close to

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their generated images while pre-i

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artists would be able to make amazing

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art pretty much with any tool you put in

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their hands some some people who have

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who have been into generative AI when

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they saw the mid Journey artist database

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they stopped using it right away because

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they realized what the implications were

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and they understood that it wasn't their

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skill it was other people's skills and

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they just

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they they understood the the moral

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implications right other

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people just turned a blind eye and kept

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going because it was too painful to

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understand what was happening and they

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just wanted to keep spiking their

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dopamine and they wanted to stay in

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these um communities without thinking

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too critically right again this is

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generalizing but a lot of people who are

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using these image models never knew who

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any of us were before which means that

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their interest in art wasn't that deep

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mhm it never went that deep to find out

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who Kim jongi was you know who Greg

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rowski was who John Singer Sergeant was

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like none of that right there was no

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real interest this just became junk food

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yeah it's and it's it's interest based

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on dopamine accessibility and

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addiction right and it's causing harm

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here is another little experiment for

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you let's find a few great examples of

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generated images from mid journey and

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compare the complexity and

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sophistication of prompts used to

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generate them is there a correlation

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between how detailed The Prompt is and

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the quality of the generated image in

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most cases there isn't which proves that

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there is a huge factor of luck and

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Randomness involved in generative AI art

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democratization of art is an interesting

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but flowed concept most AI artists who

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who believe in this sentiment however

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would still prefer to own copyrights for

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their generated images they don't mind

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exploiting other artist work but they

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want their work to be marketable and

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profit from it there is a big divide

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between the AI artists and non- AI

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artists or as jav Lopez founder of

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magnific AI likes to call them the anti-

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aai cluster the art community has always

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been welcoming and helpful to anyone

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interested to get started or gain skills

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I hate to see this unjustified hatred

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towards traditional and digital artists

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as if they were holding on to their

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secrets and acting as Gatekeepers

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thinking that finally now with

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generative AI anyone can become an

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artist a lot of people look at this

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movement as a revolution where the

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snobby artists are finally getting what

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they deserve while in reality nothing

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can be further from the truth at the

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moment the main reason why big Brands

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and companies are careful about adopting

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generated images and videos in their

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communication is that AI art cannot be

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copyrighted the US copyright office

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noted that image generators produce

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images in an unpredictable way and thus

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cannot be considered creative or

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inventive typing in a prompt and having

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generative AI create the image we don't

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think that output is copyrightable by

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itself because we think that the um last

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step of expression is being done by the

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AI not you you're typing your prompt

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you're like you know pink bear riding a

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bicycle the AI is choosing in the first

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instance what kind of bear the shade of

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pink all the things that are supposed to

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be the expression that the artist is

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supposed to have in order to get a

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copyright so we think that just typing

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in a prompt is probably not going to

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create a copyrighted blpr the copyright

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law is quite clear that human authorship

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is required for copyright adobe's

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content authenticity initiative and

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content credentials were created to

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enable creators to add extra information

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about themselves and their creative

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process directly to their content in the

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form of a new kind of temper evident

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metadata this could be a solution for

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proving the ratio between the work

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achieved by Ai and the human artist but

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we will have to see how widely it will

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be accepted and how effective it will

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become if you're a creative professional

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you're never satisfied with what comes

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out of one of these gen of AI um models

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because it's not exactly what you wanted

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right you're always going to make it

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whatever your vision is and it's it's we

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we referred this the first step in the

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creative process and all the other steps

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are going to be catable the opinion on

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generative AI is extremely divisive and

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I hope if you ended up watching this

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video this far you can see why most

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artists agree that they would consider

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using AI if the training data was clear

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of copyright violations using AI is

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similar to tapping into the collective

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imagination of humankind and it can be

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useful for ideation for for the first

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time you can brainstorm on your own and

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get surprising ideas you may have never

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thought of creativity is fueled by the

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unexpected and AI has no fear of failing

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so it will often make surprising

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mistakes that can lead to breakthroughs

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and Brilliant new ideas Sam Harper said

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that AI art makes glorious mistakes and

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therefore makes glorious art he also

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said that AI is in its early days and

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it's making lots and lots of mistakes

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these are the days of AI being a good

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artist once it gets too good at doing

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what it was designed for it will no

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longer make mistakes one question that

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I'm particularly interested in is

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whether there is a way to make a

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completely ethical generative AI tool

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Adobe has an AI Ethics program for

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instance following three guiding

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principles accountability responsibility

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and transparency which spell art by the

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way but it can be argued that shoving

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all of adobe stock into a training data

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set was not all that ethical since the

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contributors only found out about this

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after their images were already used to

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train Firefly it is also fairly easy to

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find generated images with copyrighted

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materials on famous IPS on Adobe stock

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I'm pretty sure Disney and Nickelodean

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would not be happy to find out that

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adobe is licensing their intellectual

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properties I am sure that adobe is doing

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its best to filter these out but it's

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not an easy task when the contributors

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are trying to be tricky when naming

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these assets what I hope will happen in

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the near future is that the L will

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Define the requirements for generative

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AI data sets so what would an ideal

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ethical legislation look like for

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generative AI training data sets to be

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100%

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transparent only use work in a data set

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by artists who gave their consent

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royalties and compensation should be

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paid out to artists who opted in

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generated images need to be cataloged

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and easy to track direct or exact style

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mimicry should not be allowed perhaps

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the combination of minimum two artist

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styles could work or simply completely

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ban the usage of names of creators

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generated images can only be used for

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reference purposes and fully AI

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generated work should not be acceptable

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as a finished concept the UK House of

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Lords publication on generative AI

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states that the government should

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prioritize fairness and responsible

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Innovation it must resolve disputes

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definitely including through updated

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legislation if needed Empower rights

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holders to check if their data has been

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used without permission and invest in

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large highquality training data sets to

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encourage Tech firms to use license

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material this is a very promising

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Direction and I hope it won't take long

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before this gets more traction around

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the world the real danger of generative

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AI is the effect it's having on upand

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cominging artists many talents may have

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been lost already to discouragement by

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generative AI many might ask the same

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question why should I spend over 10,000

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hours perfecting my skills and repping

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my head around complex and confusing

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things like Anatomy perspective and

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color theory when I can just write a few

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words and get dozens of beautiful

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generated images I already assume that

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every day I'm seeing several AI images

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that I'm not clocking right the the

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problem with AI is that you're only

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noticing the ones that you notice yeah

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right the ones that are of sufficient

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quality you're just scrolling right past

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them you know you're just accepting them

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for what they are and um I have

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seen groups of professional artists you

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know in a sort of formalized way try to

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see how much can they identify AI art

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and you know who can get a perfect score

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right and in a considerable group of

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artists you know maybe 20 or something

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like that there's only one person who

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will clock them all you know there and

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and most everybody will make some amount

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of mistakes and not just one so I'm

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deeply deeply concerned about this I

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think this problem is only going to get

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worse and it it's bad for the artists

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and it's also bad for the atmosphere

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around Art Online the the issue with

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stuff like this is that once there's

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enough of this online and I think we're

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basically already there you'll just

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start assuming most stuff is AI and when

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that happens we're on a slippery slope

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that I really don't know how we come

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back from once that happens that's a

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very bad position to put new artists

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into and artists who are trying to break

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in and get popular it's horrible to

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think that I would be less inclined to

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recognize them as a a great talent just

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because I'm like well where did you come

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from and if you came out of nowhere

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you're probably AI you know you don't

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have a natural progression where have

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you been it's like that is a horrible

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atmosphere to have around art sharing

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and the the and and social media I I

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think that's only going to make us more

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insular like you said it's going to make

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us more inclined to only can only

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interact with the people that we already

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follow you know it's going to be much

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harder to on board someone new as a

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favorite artist or a great artist you

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know think about the young people right

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now I get so many comments and messages

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from people telling me how they feel

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hopeless there are literally kids out

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there art babies who are in art schools

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going through a 4-year program to

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hopefully work in the industry and they

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feel like there's no hope for them if

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you're an artist with a voice with a

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platform you don't have to do it for

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yourself do it for the younger

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generation there are so many people

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young people who are counting on you I

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don't know about you guys but I want a

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future where there's an option to pursue

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the passion of art as a career I want a

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future where the kids want to draw want

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to create want to make things that mean

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something to them Stan preno or proo in

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the draftsman podcast said drawing is a

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visual language it's a form of

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communication and just because a robot

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can speak doesn't mean we should stop

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speaking generative AI models are

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devouring art in order to come close to

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the greatness created by real artists

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but they will never have a soul or

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feelings to express but I do think that

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also at some point if not already uh a

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lot of people and a lot of companies are

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coming to the realization that human

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skill matters uh creativity really does

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matter you know a lot of book covers a

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lot of Publishers a lot of companies

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creative companies are already

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instituting no AI policies how long does

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it take for AI to become the the sort of

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the bottom line the minimal version of

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what we can get and and if you want

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something that is really surprising and

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really thought-provoking and challenging

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you'll still need to come back to humans

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and at that point I don't know how many

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human artists will be still thriving but

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I do think at some point Human Art is

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going to be value higher than AI are if

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not already that that AI is always going

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to be second rate it's always going to

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be the cheap version when you can't hire

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someone with real skill and creativity

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you go back on Mid journey and you get

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this you know uh something that you can

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have for 50 cents um and so there's

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going to be this constant race of how do

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we tell the difference how do we

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identify real human skill versus

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something that just came out of a you

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know pixel predictor um so that will be

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interesting to see how it develops and

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and what kind of tools come up with to

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to to tell that difference to identify

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something as you know true human

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creativity versus uh a copy one of the

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best things that happened recently on

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YouTube that demonstrates the beauty and

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importance of discipline and hard work

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is the amazing art journey of one of

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YouTube's biggest influencers PewDiePie

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Felix decided he was going to improve

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his drawing skills and Drew at first for

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30 days then continued his challenge

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till he reached 100 days his progress

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passion and dedication is so inspiring

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and sets a great example for those

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discouraged from learning to draw some

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companies like procreate are taking a

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firm standpoint that they are not going

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to introduce anything to do with

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generative AI to their products they are

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a small team passionate about art and

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creation and they always value their

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users over making profit their product

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procreate has been the number one

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bestseller app on the app store for iPad

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for over 5 years and now their latest

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app procreate dreams became a close

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second on the bestseller chart they are

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a prime example of a tech company who

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believes in providing people tools to

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express Express themselves easily but

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they realize that AI is not about making

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the process of creation easier it is

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about automating or replacing the

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process itself we're putting the whole

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creative future of humanity at risk here

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because another issue with this is not

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just that uh like you let's say you want

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to be an illustrator and now you go

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straight to doing this kind of stuff

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you're you're skipping the important

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steps of learning about the art

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fundamentals it's not just art

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fundamentals as you know learning

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perspective or learning construction and

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color theory it's it's like you go

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through a journey when you're learning

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these things like you you're not just

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going to school and like you don't you

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don't enter the school as as the same

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person as you leave the school as

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because there is just an emotional

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Journey there what does it mean to even

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be creative or to express yourself that

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is what what's at stake when you're

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dealing with technology like this

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generative AI is here to stay there is

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no stopping or slowing down this

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technology should you use generative AI

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for your creative work I will let you

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decide that but whatever you do I

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encourage you to use this technology

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carefully I am hopeful that generative

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AI will evolve and become more ethical

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in the future but until then we have to

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be very selective in how we use it thank

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you for watching don't forget to share

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your opinion in the comments and I hope

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to see you in the next

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one