Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images ...

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https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-image-generators-artists-copying-style-thousands-images-2022-10

Artists say AI image generators are copying their style to make thousands of new images — and it's completely out of their control

Beatrice Nolan
Oct 16, 2022, 4:11 AM

Illustration of a woman drawing on a tablet being surrounded by copies of her drawings.
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• OpenAI, a company founded by Elon Musk, just made its DALL-E image generator open to the public.

• Artists say they work for years on their portfolios and people can now make copycat images in seconds.

• But some AI companies argue that the new artworks are unique and can be copyrighted.

Greg Rutkowski is an artist with a distinctive style: He's known for creating fantasy scenes of dragons and epic battles that fantasy games like Dungeons and Dragons have used.

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[Alice Kramden]

1. To me, it's a question of ethics

And it's quite chilling, unfair to say the least

[Hugin]

2. If tot is involved you can be sure it is unethical at the very least.

Screen actors/actresses went through a similar crisis in the 1990’s with the advent of highly realistic computer rendering. How is one supposed to compete with a John Wayne/Marylin Monroe? Who not only does exactly what a director wants, but doesn’t get caught up in any off screen scandals. The saving grace then was CGI was extremely expensive and took forever.

It looks like maybe Graphic Artists are next up.

[FalloutShelter]

3. As a fine artist who has labored for forty-

plus years to find gallery representation and collectors, I can feel you that between NFT’s and now AI… it feels like a gut punch. BUT…

I have to take refuge in the work and the knowledge that it is the act of creation itself, that is important.
Like dragging one’s fingers through a gorgeous sand mandala… a signature in water.

[Dysfunctional]

4. This is only the beginning for AI.

Wait until it finally figures out, if it hasn't already, that humans are too dangerous or superfluous to exist.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. Sue Musk

Bankrupt the little feller.

[Ferrets are Cool]

7. Why? It's not illegal.

[Ferrets are Cool]

6. It may be unethical, but it is not illegal.

I've been dealing with copyright issues for many, many years and the AI is not doing anything illegal...or wrong, in my estimation.
Artists have been imitated forever. This only makes it easier.