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ske105 t1_ittzhi5 wrote

An undetermined amount of compensation if the AI has scraped your artwork to create new art..still a very scary thought for artists. AI generated art was always a feared possibility and this will seriously harm artists that try to make a living from their own art. Whilst this solution seems fair on the surface, it's going to become infinitely cheaper to create AI generated art than to hire an artist or purchase a license to use a piece commercially. It's a huge win for Shutterstock however

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CalmLake999 t1_itu0n2e wrote

The AI stuff is still very generic though.

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Rikolan t1_itu6270 wrote

I think that for more specific and extensive work, artists won't be out of a job any time soon. But for smaller projects, like making a personal webpage, will benefit greatly from AI art, as being generic won't be a problem. (I'm also speaking from my own experience, where I was able to generate a decent image for my architecture project in Stable Diffusion within minutes, instead of Googling the image for hours)

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CalmLake999 t1_itubgta wrote

Sorry but 99.9999% of 'make a webpage' projects just use stock images/art from sites like Unsplash and Evanto.

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Rikolan t1_itw62da wrote

It's true, I've also used the likes of Unsplash, but with AI art, the ownership falls onto the person that gave the prompts in the first place, potentially shifting the value from "cheap" to basically "free" in the market. Why pay the artist, when you can describe what you want, get it done in mere minutes and only pay the price of electricity your PC uses, while having full ownership of the generated artwork? As AI evolves to be more creative, detailed (and also better in drawing text), I believe this will be a real problem over time, starting from generic work, as "placeholders".

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CardioKillsYourGains t1_itu2j8p wrote

I'm not sure what you think Shutterstock was paying "artists" for pictures of "woman holding candle while smiling at dog", but it wasn't a lot.

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SmittyFjordmanjensen t1_itu32u1 wrote

Absolutely a win for Shutterstock, it's a dream come true. Just throw some raw data at AI and generate infinite stock art for pennies.

What it might spell the death of is art. And imho that's a terrifying thing to consider. We may reach a point where culture is no longer the output of human self-expression. That sounds deeply dystopic.

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