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highplainsdem

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6. This is a catastrophe for artists. Students are already switching majors away from art because they

Reply to hueymahl (Reply #5)

Wed Nov 1, 2023, 03:55 PM

Nov 2023

don't think they'll be able to make a living from art. Working artists are already losing work, too - working.artists whose own creations went to train these monstrous AI models that are replacing them.

Working artists are finding their own work gradually disappearing online under countless images generated by AI told to copy them. There's nothing good about this.

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Artists Lose First Round of Copyright Infringement Case Against AI Art Generators [View all] andym Nov 2023 OP

Very bad news for artists and society in general, but great news for the AI peddlers who ripped off the artists highplainsdem Nov 2023 #1

This could be the beginning of the end of art as we know it hueymahl Nov 2023 #2

It could be. All that art ripped off, so a few people who are NOT artists and highplainsdem Nov 2023 #3

That's going to actually depend on if the public prefers ai to content from cstanleytech Nov 2023 #4

Agreed hueymahl Nov 2023 #5

This is a catastrophe for artists. Students are already switching majors away from art because they highplainsdem Nov 2023 #6

I don't think art really dies, but art eras do change. Art will always be with us; we may not recognize it as such but CTyankee Nov 2023 #12

'Art' ended a long time ago. OldBaldy1701E Nov 2023 #11

I'm not surprised that 70-year-old judge doesn't understand how generative AI works. LudwigPastorius Nov 2023 #7

Bingo! Hugin Nov 2023 #8

"The details of copyright law will make it difficult to sue AI companies" Ferrets are Cool Nov 2023 #9

when enough time has passed, reproducing old masters artwork is CTyankee Nov 2023 #10

AI doesn't contain copies of anything it trains on. Kablooie Nov 2023 #13