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The new technology looks like it could threaten artists' livelihoods by replicating something about their work. The old legal framework for protecting artists'
by jtolmar 4y ago
The new technology looks like it could threaten artists' livelihoods by replicating something about their work. The old legal framework for protecting artists' livelihoods from photocopiers etc was copyright. The goal of making sure artists can both make art and eat is still relevant, so people reach for the tool that used to make sure that was possible.
- gernb 4y agoIf it really does make it hard for artists to eat from selling art, that to me is just sour grapes. I mean there use to be 1000s or 10s of 1000s of liveries to lock up your horse. There's no goal to keep horse keepers so they can still keep horses and eat. Instead, their industry mostly disappeared. I'm not heartless but at the point their services are no longer needed that's just the way it is. Cloth weavers replaced by the loom. I don't think SD will replace most top artists for now. It's hard for me to believe SD is going to come up with images like those from top concept artists. But I can imagine SD replacing lots of situations, like maybe stock photography, when you can just ask the AI to draw "people in front of whiteboard discussing sales chart"
- cma 4y agoWe need a different tool than artificial scarcity. Both for copyrights and patents. Government funded prize systems and patronage systems with a lot of mechanisms for citizens to choose what to fund seems ideal.