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More than 5,600 artists signed an open letter protesting the auction, saying that the works used AI models that are trained on copyrighted work.

A representative for Christie's shared a statement about the issue. "From the beginning, two things have been true about the art world: one, artists are inspired by what came before them, and two, art can spark debate, discussion, and controversy," the statement reads. "The discussions around digital art, including art created using AI technology, are not new and in many ways should be expected. Many artists -- Pop artists, for example -- have been the subject of similar discussions. Having said that, Christie's, a global company with world-class experts, is uniquely positioned to explore the relatively new and ever-changing space of digital art: the artists, collectors, market and challenges."

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[-] Chozo@fedia.io 12 points 17 hours ago

More than 5,600 artists signed an open letter protesting the auction, saying that the works used AI models that are trained on copyrighted work.

All artists are trained on copyrighted work.

[-] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

except AI isn't human, obviously. so corporations can deploy millions of instances to churn out slop while crediting no one, thus erasing all the cultures that went into said slop.

while all the remaining artists become even more impoverished from the devaluing of their art. there's a name for this behavior if a human was doing it, it's called being a scab

[-] Chozo@fedia.io 2 points 8 hours ago

thus erasing all the cultures that went into said slop.

Nobody's art is being deleted, what are you trying to say here?

[-] termus@beehaw.org 4 points 3 hours ago

When there is so much AI slop out in the world that it makes you question whether something is AI or not. That's definitely erasing human creativity.

[-] amino@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

yeah what it leads to in practice is the original art style of the victim being scrutinized due to "looking like AI art".

like, no, the AI actually looks like this art style because so many techbros stole it without crediting the artist and now everybody thinks that the style belongs to the AI overlords.

it's happened to me a few times where I see gorgeous art and I second-guess myself for a split second when I see certain digital art styles.

that is a horrible experience to have as an art enjoyer and concerning how few so-called "tech enthusiasts" actually value the human beings that led to them enjoying art.

they've been so brainwashed by AI propaganda and bootstraps ideology that they can't imagine a future that's worse than today because corporate tech futurism so often labels cyberpunk futures as utopia

[-] chahk@beehaw.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Let's abolish all copyright then, since everything is influenced upon things that came before it. Right?

[-] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 16 hours ago

Yeah, this is what I don't get. "Good artists copy, great artists steal." This is a quote for a reason. Everything is just a remix of something else. Just look at the shit Andy Warhol put out.

Also, you can't copyright AI art, so I'm not sure what the point of paying money for AI art is for.

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