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Christie's First-Ever AI Art Auction Earns $728,000, Plus Controversy (www.cnet.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

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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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[–] Alice@beehaw.org 14 points 3 weeks ago (11 children)

I'm actually against AI art since creative professions are already lacking in labor rights, and it's going to get worse now that they're trying to make artists replaceable.

But one of the worst things about it, to me, is that it's caused artists to start going to bat for IP laws. IP law is the reason you don't get to finish that story you spent years on, because HBO deleted it in a tax write-off. You don't even get to talk about what it might have been like, because you're under NDA.

Now people want it to be illegal to be influenced by copyrighted things. Great.

[–] sensiblepuffin@lemmy.funami.tech 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm against AI art because it's not what AI is good at. The labor issues, the intellectual property issues, the power/environmental issues are just additional stacks of shit.

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