Navigating the Wild West of the Emerging AI Art World
So I fell down the rabbit hole. Headfirst. As a creator and a photographer, I have been following the emerging progress of AI art creation through articles on the internet with interest and my curiosity got the better of me. I’m cautious about the impact this will have on creative industries — absolutely. There are more and more articles about the potential dangers of AI emerging , like this one and this one. But I won’t stand by and ignore the technology. I want to explore and understand. This is what I’ve learned.
Falling down a rabbit hole is like day drinking. You never plan it. “Just one glass…” becomes, “just one more” until it’s 5 AM and you’re in a foreign country at a rave. Like any rabbit hole journey, it started innocently enough. I read about how a photographer submitted AI “photos” to a competition and won an award, only to admit they were AI and then refusing the award. A very cool way to bring our attention the realistic artwork potential of AI art, as well as the inherent dangers. Like everyone else, I paid $10 last year to generate AI photos of myself through the Lensa photo editing app that I use and that was a giggle.
