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What's the difference between this and say something like stable diffusion to generate a piece of artwork? By your logic could I not claim that I drew that ens

What's the difference between this and say something like stable diffusion to generate a piece of artwork? By your logic could I not claim that I drew that ensuing picture because I "wrote the prompt"? Let's take it a step further, what happens if I take my prompt and hire an artist on fiverr? We go back-and-forth via email as I ask them to make various changes and then wind up with a final drawing. Am I still allowed to make the claim that I drew that picture?

Wowfunhappy 4y ago
> By your logic could I not claim that I drew that ensuing picture because I "wrote the prompt"? I feel like "drawing" is a very specific action involving a writing utensil. I don't think I'd consider an image made in Adobe Illustrator to be "drawn", unless you were using a Wacom or similar. But, yes, I'd say you could claim you "made" or "designed" the ensuing picture. > Let's take it a step further, what happens if I take my prompt and hire an artist on fiverr? We go back-and-forth via email as I ask them to make various changes and then wind up with a final drawing. Am I still allowed to make the claim that I drew that picture? No, because the artist on fiverr drew the picture. Let's tweak this analogy a bit. Let's say you had a photograph of two people holding hands on a crowded beach. You want to retouch the photograph to remove the crowd, so the beach appears empty. If you're lucky, you may be able to use Photoshop's Content Aware Fill to remove the crowd in less than a minute. In this case, you could absolutely claim that you retouched the photograph, even though Photoshop's algorithm did all of the work. A computer program can't be the creator of anything—the person using the program can. If you're unlucky, Photoshop's Content Aware Fill will produce bad results, and you'll have to painstakingly go through the photo by hand. If you're short on time, you could hire a retoucher on Fiverr. In this scenario, however, you wouldn't be able to rightly claim that you retouched the photograph, because another human did that. --- In every other case I can think of, the person using a tool gets to take credit for what they've made with the tool. Use an electronic screwdriver to fix a car? The screwdriver didn't fix the car, you did! Use a calculator to add two large numbers? The calculator didn't find the sum, you did. None of this should change just because we have better tools. Schools may place additional limitations on students for certain assignments—math classes may restrict the use of calculators, art classes may restrict the use of drawing—but these limitations (1) should not always be in place for every assignment and thus (2) should be stated explicitly up-front.

Wowfunhappy 4y ago

> By your logic could I not claim that I drew that ensuing picture because I "wrote the prompt"? I feel like "drawing" is a very specific action involving a writing utensil. I don't think I'd consider an image made in Adobe Illustrator to be "drawn", unless you were using a Wacom or similar. But, yes, I'd say you could claim you "made" or "designed" the ensuing picture. > Let's take it a step further, what happens if I take my prompt and hire an artist on fiverr? We go back-and-forth via email as I ask them to make various changes and then wind up with a final drawing. Am I still allowed to make the claim that I drew that picture? No, because the artist on fiverr drew the picture. Let's tweak this analogy a bit. Let's say you had a photograph of two people holding hands on a crowded beach. You want to retouch the photograph to remove the crowd, so the beach appears empty. If you're lucky, you may be able to use Photoshop's Content Aware Fill to remove the crowd in less than a minute. In this case, you could absolutely claim that you retouched the photograph, even though Photoshop's algorithm did all of the work. A computer program can't be the creator of anything—the person using the program can. If you're unlucky, Photoshop's Content Aware Fill will produce bad results, and you'll have to painstakingly go through the photo by hand. If you're short on time, you could hire a retoucher on Fiverr. In this scenario, however, you wouldn't be able to rightly claim that you retouched the photograph, because another human did that. --- In every other case I can think of, the person using a tool gets to take credit for what they've made with the tool. Use an electronic screwdriver to fix a car? The screwdriver didn't fix the car, you did! Use a calculator to add two large numbers? The calculator didn't find the sum, you did. None of this should change just because we have better tools. Schools may place additional limitations on students for certain assignments—math classes may restrict the use of calculators, art classes may restrict the use of drawing—but these limitations (1) should not always be in place for every assignment and thus (2) should be stated explicitly up-front.