Last week, a Redditor fine-tuned an AI image model on the work of one illustrator, sparking a debate about the ethics of reproducing a living artist's style. I talked to that artist to see how she felt about it, and the person who made it. waxy.org/2022/11/invasive-diff…
Invasive Diffusion: How one unwilling illustrator found herself turned into an AI model - Waxy.org
How does it feel to be turned into an AI image model? To find out, I opened a door to the multiverse and interviewed the creator and unwilling subject of a controversial DreamBooth model.Andy Baio (Waxy.org)
Janelle Shane
in reply to Andy Baio • • •Andy Baio
in reply to Janelle Shane • • •Aral Balkan
in reply to Andy Baio • • •A natural progression of treating people as data that the web industry was built on, wouldn’t you say?
#peopleFarming #surveillanceCapitalism #bigData #ai #machineLearning #siliconValley
fudguy
in reply to Aral Balkan • • •What an interesting reading, thanks for your work.
I agree with your statement on this. The issue is a bit harder to address than classic #peopleFarming. How can an artist choose to opt-out from this? @aral