Data Ethics Club meeting 16-11-22, 1pm UK time#

Meeting info#

Description#

You’re welcome to join us for our next Data Ethics Club meeting on 16th November at 1pm UK time. You don’t need to register, just pop in. This time we’re going to read The Ethics of AI Generated Art, a blog by Jamie Arpin-Ricci that covers some of the recent criticisms of the recent development of art generation technologies.

Discussion points#

  • Q1: In most countries, artworks can’t be copyright unless they have a human creator. Under UK law, however, an AI-generated artwork is the copyright of the person who made the arrangements necessary for its creation. If an AI-generated artwork is produced with only trivial creative input from the human user, should the artwork be public domain, copyright of the user, or copyright of the programmer of the AI system?

  • Q2: The article says that the success of an artist should be based on the quality of their art rather than on its popularity with consumers. Who should decide whether art is high-quality?

  • Q3: Can we use AI art tools to disrupt current and futures narratives about the value of art works?

There will be time to talk about whatever we like, relating to the paper, but here are some specific questions to think about while you’re reading.

  • In most countries, artworks can’t be copyright unless they have a human creator. Under UK law, however, an AI-generated artwork is the copyright of the person who made the arrangements necessary for its creation. If an AI-generated artwork is produced with only trivial creative input from the human user, should the artwork be public domain, copyright of the user, or copyright of the programmer of the AI system?

  • The article says that the success of an artist should be based on the quality of their art rather than on its popularity with consumers. Who should decide whether art is high-quality?

  • Can we use AI art tools to disrupt current and futures narratives about the value of art works?