Policy and Opinion

AI Could Threaten Creators — But Only If Humans Let It

Photo of Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, with a blue backpack and matching shoes

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“The Copyright Office is undergoing a review of AI systems that could clarify the rights authors have. And companies are, on their own, establishing creator protections. DALL-E 3 won’t respond to prompts asking it to copy a living artist’s style by name, and artists can request to have their work excluded from training data for models to come. Maybe model-makers […]

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A.I. Can Make Art That Feels Human. Whose Fault Is That?

Photograph of Leonardo da Vinci: Wisdom of A.I. Light Exhibition” at X Media Art Museum in Istanbul last year

Image: Sedat Suna/EPA, via Shutterstock

“Rather than worry about whether bots can do what humans do, we would do much better to raise our cultural expectations of humans: to expect and demand that art — even and especially art made with the help of new technologies — testify to the full extent of human powers and human aspirations.” Link to Story

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Can Robots Replace Michelangelo?

machine sculpting a block of marble

Image: Caleb Stein for the Smithsonian

“In the birthplace of Italian sculpture, a powerful automated machine tries its hand at an ancient craft? Today, Tincolini, Massari, and their team of technicians and artisans create sculptures on commission for artists, architects and designers, and they sell their technology to clients around the world, including three sizes of Litix’s signature robot and a proprietary software that uses a […]

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Can Machine Creativity Truly Exist?

Does Machine Creativity Truly Exist

Harm van den Dorpel, Orb, 2022

“Five curators, artists and writers discuss the impact of AI models like ChatGPT on artistic production AI can feed back and add different layers and options, but it cannot replace humans -NOAM SEGAL” Link to Story

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