AI Art Generators: Where We Stand

The advent of AI art generators have generated a great deal of concern among our community of graphic artists.

As AI generator platforms for art, text, and music have emerged, the creative communities — visual artists, writers, music composers, and others — have been grappling with the impact and implications. The machine learning technology behind AI generators has raised serious questions about authorship, copyrightability, and ethics.

As has often been the case when technology has disrupted traditional licensing and business models, the law provides few clear answers. The lawyers, policy makers, and enforcers behind our copyright system — the engine which drives our creative economy — are playing catch up.

In the past, we have weathered technology disruptions guided by our lodestar: What is the best outcome for our community of artists? What policies, best practices, and ethical guidelines will best protect the economic interests of our members, and empower them to pursue successful, fulfilling careers? The same considerations are valid this time – and yet this time feels different.

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