Freelance artist Nancy Aguilar has been feeling threatened by the emergence of generative artificial intelligence programs that are encroaching on the livelihood of those in her industry. Also feeling threatened is college student and aspiring writer Katelyn Chang. With support from San Francisco-based nonprofit Youth Leadership Institute, where they’re fellows, Aguilar, 21, and Chang, 19, detail the contentious relationship between human creatives and AI in a new podcast series called “The Creative Code.”
Fresno, California-based Aguilar and Bay Area-based Chang say creatives have already seen serious economic harm from generative AI use. They’ve found case after case of copyright infringement, sometimes resulting in lawsuits, after a year of researching the topic.
