So-called "artists" in favor of monopoly rights and endless rent extraction. What else is new?

"Every invention has brought predictions of copyright’s demise: the daguerreotype, the phonograph, radio, cassettes, home video and the internet. All those predictions were premature, and Britain’s soft power flourished as a result.

A belief has taken hold that progress can’t happen without the abolition of some of our oldest rights. That it’s only theft when individuals steal. That corporations don’t steal, they innovate. If you believe all this, you might as well stock your bookshelves with fantasy."

https://www.ft.com/content/48532284-9244-4ee6-be46-f3bde22b7232

#AI #GenerativeAI #AITraining #Copyrght #Monopolies #Rentism #RentExtraction

Softtwix, or Ballada, or StarryAI? I made the AI image with this prompt, the AI image is a second variation. All the AI variation faces had these markings on them.

"Close up face in shadow large eyes serious thoughtful thin mouth long hair strange expression dreaming background distant city old steel bridge derelict abandoned wasteland detailed painting hyperrealism lyrical abstraction photorealism underground comix Unreal Engine ZBrush shadow depth VRay"

Can we assume these images and artists were part of the scraped data that the prompt drew upon? What singled these images out? They seem pretty close to what I got.

#ai #aiart #stablediffusion #starryai #copyrght #IPR