C. L. PolkJan 15, 2023

Hey did an AI steal your art

Did an AI steal your buddy's art

Saddle up, first class-action suit i've seen

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/class-action-filed-against-stability-ai-midjourney-and-deviantart-for-dmca-violations-right-of-publicity-violations-unlawful-competition-breach-of-tos-301721869.html

Class Action Filed Against Stability AI, Midjourney, and DeviantArt for DMCA Violations, Right of Publicity Violations, Unlawful Competition, Breach of TOS

/PRNewswire/ -- Stability AI Ltd.; Stability AI, Inc.; Midjourney Inc.; and DeviantArt, Inc. have created products that infringe the rights of artists and...

Show threadRonak | ‘In Search of Starlight’ out now 💫Jan 17, 2023
@clpolk Yo @Philosophy! Check this out. 👀
Show threadC. L. Polk
@ronak @Philosophy people who have read it are saying that the suit's argument is flawed. but that's as far as my knowledge goes
Jan 17, 2023 at 2:19pmWeb
Show threadRonak | ‘In Search of Starlight’ out now 💫Jan 17, 2023

@clpolk @Philosophy I see. That's okay. :)

Personally, I think it isn't right that one can just take the digital works of other people and train their AI on those works without permission.

I don't know about this lawsuit in particular, either. But in general, bad-faith activities of this nature should be brought to the public's attention.

Going forward, I think we are going to have to re-think a lot of ideas that we take for granted.

Show threadC. L. PolkJan 17, 2023
@ronak @Philosophy honestly if these things had been strictly and scrupulously trained on public domain art and had hard stops built in, we'd be overrun with Deepfake Waterhouse paintings and wait am i still complaining or not