I'm thinking a little bit of empathy doesn't hurt. Reason from Hollie's point of view. She didn't ask for this and was working on cool stuff:
https://holliemengert.com/
Next, somebody grabs her work (copyrighted by the clients she works for), without permission. Then goes on to try and create an AI version of her style. When confronted, the guy's like: "meh, ah well".
Doesn't matter if it's legal or not, it's careless and plain rude. Meanwhile, Hollie is quite cool-headed and reasonable about it. Not aggressive, not threatening to sue, just expressing civilized dislike, which is as reasonable as it gets.
Next, she gets to see her name on the orange site, reading things like "style is bad and too generic", a wide series of cold-hearted legal arguments and "get out of the way of progress".
How wonderful. Maybe consider that there's a human being on the other end? Here she is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWiwZLJVwi4
A kind and creative soul, which apparently is now worth 2 hours of GPU time.
I too believe AI art is inevitable and cannot be stopped at this point. Doesn't mean we have to be so ruthless about it.
https://holliemengert.com/
Next, somebody grabs her work (copyrighted by the clients she works for), without permission. Then goes on to try and create an AI version of her style. When confronted, the guy's like: "meh, ah well".
Doesn't matter if it's legal or not, it's careless and plain rude. Meanwhile, Hollie is quite cool-headed and reasonable about it. Not aggressive, not threatening to sue, just expressing civilized dislike, which is as reasonable as it gets.
Next, she gets to see her name on the orange site, reading things like "style is bad and too generic", a wide series of cold-hearted legal arguments and "get out of the way of progress".
How wonderful. Maybe consider that there's a human being on the other end? Here she is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWiwZLJVwi4
A kind and creative soul, which apparently is now worth 2 hours of GPU time.
I too believe AI art is inevitable and cannot be stopped at this point. Doesn't mean we have to be so ruthless about it.