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Another problem is that artificial intelligence also takes the faces of real people and puts them into their images. Say, a selfie you took of yourself and posted on social media, could easily be recorded into the AI data, and your very own face could be plastered over somebody else’s generated prompt. Not only does this violate your privacy, but now other people can view an image of you that you have no idea even exists, and they could even post it online for other people to see.

Words by Ella Keele and design by Naketra Mendes

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When artificially made art is so easily accessible, one may ask, what happens to human creativity? When artificially generated art creates such highquality images in a matter of minutes, in whatever style you want, artists, photographers and designers will naturally start to feel let down. They have spent hundreds of hours perfecting their craft, finding their own unique style, studying techniques, and showing off their hard work, only to be beaten by an AI software that doesn’t require nearly as much time or effort to create the same art.

Professions are at risk, too. Say, a concept artist for a video game company gets paid to draw detailed artwork of potential game characters, and this is the artist’s main source of income. Then there’s the AI art generator which can come up with the same ideas, only it is free and much faster. As a company looking to optimise its finances, what artist would you pick: the free, fast, and robotic one, or the human, professional, paid and time-consuming one?

What are the positives?

- Regular people can now turn their creative idea into an image.

- Creates high-quality images.

- Faster than handmade art.

- Doesn’t take practice or training to generate images.

Negatives?

- No financial benefit from creators of original artwork.

- May put real professionals out of their jobs.

- Inhibits human creativity.

- De-motivates aspiring artists hoping to work professionally.

In conclusion, AI art has many advantages and disadvantages. It can be used for many different purposes and helps generate beautiful art much faster and at a cheaper price than before. At the same time, it also harms real-life artists who created the artwork that was used to train the AI in the first place. In the end it’s up to you.

What do you think?

Image created by the AI, NightCafe

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