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Famous AI "Artist" Says He's Losing Millions of Dollars From People Stealing His Work (gizmodo.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by tonytins@pawb.social to c/tech@pawb.social

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The guy who used Midjourney to create an award-winning piece of AI art demands copyright protections.

Excuse me while I go grab my popcorn.

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[–] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 108 points 10 months ago (5 children)

First off, stop calling him an AI artist.

[–] thesporkeffect@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago

The term is apparently prompt-fondler now.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 21 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Calling someone a prompt "engineer" should be punishable by law.

[–] iAvicenna@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

meanwhile startups: prompt coder/wizard!

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago

please call them rockstars i want to see them suffer the way real programmers did

[–] Zos_Kia@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 10 months ago

In general it's not used for AI artists but rather for developers doing advanced stuff with LLMs such as RAG etc...

[–] Hydra_Fk@reddthat.com -3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's literally what they are !

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 2 points 10 months ago

Fun Fact: PE is actually a legally protected title (the P in a real engineer's title stands for professional)

[–] Mango@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago

Yeah, he is neither is those words. I wouldn't even say the 'I' applies.

[–] NateNate60@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

But...

The AI is the artist!

Not sure what this other guy is doing though.

[–] TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee -4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You can make art using AI. I've seen artists use it to clean up line art, color, shade, fill in backgrounds, and more. AI is just a tool. Lots of people only use text prompts, which I agree is hardly controlling, but that is only a single way to interact with AI. You can do a lot with these models.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

All this is true, but none of it is relevant to a guy who's demanding copyright protections and royalties for something Midjourney spat out.

[–] TheDorkfromYork@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago

I agree, but I wasn't sure if this comment was generally anti-AI or understanding of the nuance. For the record, AI scares me.