Difference between revisions of "Artificial Intelligence-Generated Art"

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Artificial-intelligence-generated art, or AI art, is any piece of art generated through artificial intelligence. AI art is constructed using machine-learning algorithms, which are self-learning. ^[1] These algorithms incorporate elements from digitally available images and artwork.^[2] A user will provide specific parameters that train the algorithms to look at a certain selection of these images. These parameters are provided by the user to the algorithms as prompts, which can be in the form of phrases (text) or images. ^[3]

The specific method through which the image is produced depends on the decoder that the algorithm is trained on. For text prompts, the algorithm can put the text through an autoregressive or diffusion prior. The autoregressive or diffusion prior then produces an image embedding, which is then fed to a diffusion decoder. The decoder produces the final image based on the image embedding.2 4 For image prompts, the image can also be fed to a diffusion decoder to produce the final image.4 Neural networks can also be trained on the style of particular artist and used to produce images or videos that emulate that style. 2

AI can be used to produce a unique image that has never been created before or illustrate a concept that would otherwise be expensive to create through traditional art. 2 Some of the more well-known AI art tools include DeepDream, DALL-E, WOMBO Dream, GauGAN2, ml5.js, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, Artbreeder, and Art Recognition 1,2

Added: Art professors have begun to worry about the prevalence of art-generating algorithms, particularly pertaining to its simplicity of use.^[4] Users can create abstract and sophisticated images, which has teachers worried their students won't develop necessary skills for work in art.

Artists have brought a lawsuit against three major AI Art companies, claiming the companies illegally used the artwork and illustrations of artists to train their algorithms. ^[5]

A Canadian illustrator has discovered that an AI Art algorithm used his art without his consent. ^[6]

Added 2: There are several different companies that specialize in AI generated art and the most popular of these is an app called Lensa. Lensa has taken social media by storm, creating custom portraits based on ten images that the user inputs. Lensa used an AI technique called Stable Diffusion to generate the portraits, but there has been controvery as several artists claim that their work has been stolen from the algorithm. ^[7]

1. ↑ https://magazine.artland.com/ai-art/
2. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-ai-image-generators-stealing-from-artists-180981488/
3. ↑ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/are-ai-image-generators-stealing-from-artists-180981488/
4. ↑ https://www.vice.com/en/article/jgpzz3/ai-art-in-schools
5. ↑ https://news.artnet.com/art-world/class-action-lawsuit-ai-generators-deviantart-midjourney-stable-diffusion-2246770?fbclid=IwAR0W31X7_n_h7p5_GtM7O7_k2Dj-a9l5xAmn_YG7qQ895XlwxAZjc771zcc
6. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/ai-generated-art-consent-1.6722981
7. ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/lensa-ai-artist-controversy-ethics-privacy-rcna60242