There have been a few public accusations recently which proved to be incorrect (the WotC one hit the news, although the reverse has also been true).
It turns out that we humans are not good at detecting AI. And we're developing a trend of thinking any art we don't like, or any art we spot a mistake in, is AI.
The AI detection tools aren't any better than us at it, either. At least not yet.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but artists I know have been harmed by these random accusations. It's easy to just point at a piece of art you don't like and claim it was obviously made by AI, but often there's a real human at the other end of that trying to make a living.
And those real artists are harmed by AI art, too. Being the real victims here (them, not us), being harmed by everybody--the AI 'artists' and the general public--has gotta suck.
I think it would behoove us not to claim art is AI unless we know it is. And, further, given that we, and the tools, clearly can't accurately detect AI art, give companies who are deceived into using it a little leeway. I can't reliably tell, and I've been caught out before. WotC has. There was that artist who provided AI art for the Terminator RPG. It happens. As long as the company fixes it when they find out, there's really not much more they can do.
I don't know what the future will hold. But pointing fingers at genuine artists and companies which were tricked isn't the answer.
Being vigilant is good. Making false accusations is bad for everybody.
It turns out that we humans are not good at detecting AI. And we're developing a trend of thinking any art we don't like, or any art we spot a mistake in, is AI.
The AI detection tools aren't any better than us at it, either. At least not yet.
I'm not sure what the solution is, but artists I know have been harmed by these random accusations. It's easy to just point at a piece of art you don't like and claim it was obviously made by AI, but often there's a real human at the other end of that trying to make a living.
And those real artists are harmed by AI art, too. Being the real victims here (them, not us), being harmed by everybody--the AI 'artists' and the general public--has gotta suck.
I think it would behoove us not to claim art is AI unless we know it is. And, further, given that we, and the tools, clearly can't accurately detect AI art, give companies who are deceived into using it a little leeway. I can't reliably tell, and I've been caught out before. WotC has. There was that artist who provided AI art for the Terminator RPG. It happens. As long as the company fixes it when they find out, there's really not much more they can do.
I don't know what the future will hold. But pointing fingers at genuine artists and companies which were tricked isn't the answer.
Being vigilant is good. Making false accusations is bad for everybody.