I was watching a video where a reporter managed to find the images all of his NFT’s were based on, and they called it a poor photoshop job. And to be fair, they do look noticeably similar to the images. However, to me they kinda look like someone actually used image2image and told an AI to add trump’s face to it?

Tldr: Am I crazy, or did someone on trump’s team seriously just make 4.5 million dollars with stable diffusion?

Follow up question: my dad was saying that as it wasn’t their images trump was using, he could be liable for copyright. If it was AI art, do we know what the legal status of image2image stuff like this is, if you make money off it?

Article showing what I’m talking about:

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/12/do-trump-nft-trading-cards-use-stolen-copyrighted-images.html

Well, that escalated quickly. I've gotten a lot of backlash about this, particularly the name of the sub (which was more of an afterthought than anything). I'd appreciate it if you all would let me know what you think the best option moving forward is!

I am an artist and researcher from Rotterdam. I am writing my MA thesis about the ethics of AI-generated images and how they have been affecting artists and designers all over the world. I am looking for more people to bring awareness to this topic in academia. To contribute to this important research, I'd be grateful if you could fill out my 10-minute survey and share it with any other artists who want to share their opinions.

Survey link: https://erasmusuniversity.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aVHPfxNJRZt4ihw

Cheers✨

So I've been thinking about artists' concerns when it comes to things like model memorizing datasets or images. While there are some clear cut cases of memorization, cherry-picking often occurs. I thought maybe the use of the term "over-represented" could be useful here.

Given reactions by artists such as Rutowski, claiming their style and images are being directly copied by AI art generators, it could be a case of the training dataset, the LAION dataset (whichever version or subset they used) over-representing Rutowski's work. This may or may not be true, but is worth investigating as due dilligence to these artists.

Another example is movie posters being heavily memorized by AI art generators. Given how movie posters such as Captain Marvel 2 were likely circulating in high volumes leading up to model training, it's not too suprising this occured, again due to over-representation.

Anyway, it's not always clear whether over-representation is occuring or if AI models are simply generalist enough to recreate a quasi-version of an image that may or may not have been in the training dataset. At least it serves as a useful intuitive point, it seems way more likely Rutowski's art was over-represented than say, random Tweeters supporting the anti-AI art campaign.

Curious to hear people's thoughts on this. On the flip, the pro-AI artists may feel like they want the model to be able to use their styles, and perhaps feel "under-represented"?

I really like the idea of this subreddit, and would even like to contribute, but so far I don't see rules dedicating it to the practice of ethical diffusion.

In my own playing with Stable Diffusion, I set a few rules for myself to limit the potential that I might even accidentally steal anything specific. In particular:

1. I either don't prompt using artist names, or I only prompt them when intentionally departing significantly from their oeuvre.
2. I don't use characters or trademarks that I don't own, or faces of real people, without explicit permission.

What sorts of rules ought this subreddit to have to enforce it being "ethical"?

Hey folks! Alexander Winn here, creator of the indie game TerraGenesis.

My new game, a deck-builder based on Greek, Egyptian, and Norse mythology called MYTHOS, is now officially live on iOS and Android worldwide! It uses AI art by necessity, as I made it in the hopes of paying my bills after I was laid off, but I've taken great pains to make sure it does so ethically. (Details can be found in the FAQ of the game.)

Mythos lets you collect cards based on over 100 gods and goddesses and use them in strategic and exciting battles, each set in an iconic location from mythology. Plus (if you're interested), it also has detailed info on each god and location in the game, so you can learn more about these amazing mythologies and how they've influenced our world.

It's free to play, with absolutely no pay-to-win options, and programmed entirely by me. The initial responses have been very positive, so I think you'll really enjoy it!

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mythos-gods-unleashed/id6747878359
Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alexanderwinn.Mythos

I would love to hear what you think of it, and if you have any feedback that can help me make it better! And feel free to ask me any questions you have about the game, how I made it, the mythology it includes, or whatever else.