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

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 107 points 2 months ago (5 children)

First off, stop calling him an AI artist.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago

The term is apparently prompt-fondler now.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

meanwhile startups: prompt coder/wizard!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's literally what they are !

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

But...

The AI is the artist!

Not sure what this other guy is doing though.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 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.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 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.