I’m of two minds regarding the use of AI.
MIND ONE – I’m violently against the use of AI to misrepresent, like generating images that are supposed to be that of an artist of any type, writer, painter, musician, singer, etc. and setting things up to profit from it. It will be very difficult very soon to tell whether something is real or AI. Many creative people will be hurt because of this, losing income, having to file lawsuits, worrying about their reputation, body of work, etc. This is theft and should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.
It may be used to create fake images to sway opinions on important issues, misrepresent what is happening in the world. I’m violently against that, as well.
MIND TWO – many times I find something I like on the net and then find a comment, “This is AI”. My purpose in perusing the net is to find wonderful things to share on my blog. It may be a cute video that makes me laugh. It may be a painting or sculpture or other artwork that has no credit listed, like too many things I find on Pinterest or elsewhere.
If I like what I’ve found, I find I don’t really care if it’s AI. If it looks like pebble art and I find out that it’s AI and not done with real pebbles, I still like it. As long as someone is not trying to palm it off as their own work when it was actually created by someone else, that’s okay with me.
Some people make a huge distinction between paintings created digitally on the computer and paintings created uses brushes, or palette knives. I don’t care where it was created and what materials were used. I’m looking at the result. I’m certainly not in a position to consider one is superior to the other.
What is your opinion?
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