The article highlights the escalating conflict between artists and AI companies, notably in Hollywood with writer protests and legal actions against AI firms accused of copyright infringement. Amidst these tensions, UC Santa Cruz introduces an innovative lab aiming to help artists leverage AI creatively rather than as competition. The lab's inception, led by filmmakers and professors, stems from a desire to explore AI's impact on creative processes. Artists fear that AI threatens their livelihoods, as expressed by a Bay Area illustrator involved in litigation against AI companies.
The battle lines between creative artists and the companies on the frontier of artificial intelligence have been drawn... This job displacement is real, it's fast, and it's affecting our industry in unprecedented ways.
UC Santa Cruz has launched a peacemaking initiative, in the form of a new lab that teaches tomorrow's artists to harness the power of AI to enhance their creativity.
I felt like I was walking into volatile terrain: the dawn of new technologies, she said. How does it impinge upon our ability to imagine what has not yet been authored?
Artists are suing companies Stability AI, DeviantArt, Midjourney and Runway AI. Their legal complaint describes the firms' AI-powered image generators as copyright-laundering devices.
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