"As theschool's student newspaper The Sun Star reported, undergraduate student Graham Granger was arrested for criminal mischief after masticating at least 57 of the 160 images that had been carefully arranged by fine arts student Nick Dwyer. The incident was an eyebrow-raising illustration of the collective exhaustion with being surrounded by the outputs of generative AI, a fierce debate that has gripped the art world."
"Now, in an interview with The Nation, Granger, a film and performing arts major, has spoken out about what motivated him to turn his teeth into weapons against the AI onslaught. "It's a protest against the school's AI policy specifically and it's performance art because I needed something that would elicit a reaction," he told the publication. "So this could reach more people.""
A University of Alaska, Fairbanks undergraduate student was detained by police after ripping pieces of AI-generated art from a student exhibit and chewing them in protest. The student, Graham Granger, was arrested for criminal mischief after damaging at least 57 of 160 images arranged by fine arts student Nick Dwyer. The action reflected exhaustion with pervasive generative AI outputs and tensions over authorship and the impact of AI on artists. Dwyer's images explored "AI psychosis." Granger described the act as a protest against the school's AI policy and as performance art intended to elicit reaction. The university policy states AI-created work falls under academic misconduct, but whether arts students are allowed or encouraged to use the technology remains unclear. Granger said the act was not premeditated and that he had not known about the exhibit beforehand.
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