As creators we see the development of our learning, tools and workflows changing over time, and that has never been more true than right now – with the best digital art software in particular going through some major changes. While not new in itself, AI has, in its role for creatives, suddenly burst onto the scene and presented a number of challenges to the way we think about our work, our process and our ownership.
Theft is wrong. I doubt anybody would deny that and it appears to be foundational in what AI developers have done to build their datasets, where they haven’t given attribution or recompense to anybody who’s work they have used to enhance their tools, and in so doing generate profit.
