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the past and mimic breathtaking visuals, robbery from the internet’, asserting
but it still requires human consciousness that she would ‘sue them’ if her own
to experience them. The 3D algorithms work were scrapped to
may be able to replicate the brushstrokes t r a i n a n A I w it hout
of masterpieces, but they cannot feel compensation. A l k ie
the emotional depth that inspired the a g re e s , no t i n g t h at
Impressionist artists Monet and Renoir. while creators put their
True art remains an engagement of the work online to share it
senses — a dialogue between the creator, w it h t he world, t hey
the medium, and the world. never agreed to have it
stolen.
It i s c l e a r t h a t b o t h
teachers hope to teach Their frustration points to a widespread
students to use technology industry reality. Most mainstream AI
responsibly by ensuring models are trained on massive datasets
AI remains strictly in a scrapped from the web, processing millions
supportive role. Students of copyrighted images without notifying,
may, of course, use AI to crediting, or compensating the original
help when they first start artists. As AI can generate work that
with making art, but after closely resembles the unique style of a
all, everyone is unique and has their specific, living, or even deceased artist,
own experiences. AI can act as a digital t h is ra ises et h ic a l d i lem ma s about
companion, but staying true to the raw, companies using artists’ work to train AI
imperfect roots of our original ideas is tools that directly compete with those
the only way to ensure human artists very same artists, often without their
don’t become extinct. explicit permission. This has left the
creative world trapped in a murky legal
AI: Inspiration or Internet and moral grey area regarding who actually
Robbery? ‘owns’ AI-generated artwork. Is it the
user who wrote the text prompt, the
The legal chaos surrounding generative programmer who built the algorithm, or
AI explains exactly why students like the collective pool of human artists whose
Dora and Alkie are so fiercely protective life’s work made the generation possible
of the traditional creative process, and in the first place? Until the law can answer
why educators like Ms Ching and Ms that question, the art classroom remains
Chik must enforce such strict boundaries the ultimate battleground for preserving
in the classroom. At the heart of the human originality.
AI debate lies a profound ethical crisis:
systemic appropriation and a total lack The Road Ahead
of consent. Dora views the practice of Though public opinions remain divided,
u si ng hu ma n i l lu st r at ions to t r a i n there is no denying that AI has evolved
machine learning models as ‘basically from a crude tool into a sophisticated