MNblockhead
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This is not an insurmountable problem. You already have stock image platforms where artists have some options to set the terms and prices of their art. Add an option to allow that art to be used by AI and they get a small payment every time an AI-generated image was created based on training on their art. The payment would have to be tiny, and the artist would be betting on volume. This would also require people using the AI to generate art is paying for that service. Photocopiers didn't kill the book market. Cassette records, music sharing, and streaming didn't kill the music industry. These industries were challenged and changed, and there was a chaotic period of litigation, legislation, and innovation, but those with financial interests in these industries found ways to work with and make money from the technological innovations they were first threatened by.
My main concern is that when it comes to art and photography, I don't think of there being massive industries with the financial clout that the music, movie, TV, and even publishing industries have. But news media, publishing houses, TV and movies studios are also going to be affected by AI. Hopefully artists creating digital images and photographs will benefit from the inevitable legal challenges and legislation.
I also think that artists can legitimately use GAI in their work ethically. For example, if an artist or artist collab uses Retrieval Augmented Generation, where they train an AI on only art they created, what is the ethical issue with them using the results of GAI art trained on their own art?
My main concern is that when it comes to art and photography, I don't think of there being massive industries with the financial clout that the music, movie, TV, and even publishing industries have. But news media, publishing houses, TV and movies studios are also going to be affected by AI. Hopefully artists creating digital images and photographs will benefit from the inevitable legal challenges and legislation.
I also think that artists can legitimately use GAI in their work ethically. For example, if an artist or artist collab uses Retrieval Augmented Generation, where they train an AI on only art they created, what is the ethical issue with them using the results of GAI art trained on their own art?