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Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
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Greg Rutkowski, a digital artist known for his surreal style, opposes AI art but his name and style have been frequently used by AI art generators without his consent. In response, Stable Diffusion removed his work from their dataset in version 2.0. However, the community has now created a tool to emulate Rutkowski's style against his wishes using a LoRA model. While some argue this is unethical, others justify it since Rutkowski's art has already been widely used in Stable Diffusion 1.5. The debate highlights the blurry line between innovation and infringement in the emerging field of AI art.

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[–] 9 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

There's absolutely no debate, legal or otherwise.

Theft, by definition, requires you to deprive someone of something. That simply cannot happen when you copy stuff. That's why it's called copyright infringement and not theft.

You can only steal art by physically stealing an art piece - then and only then it's theft.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    What do you mean there is no debate? You're debating it right now.

    Plenty of artists view it as theft when people take their work and use it for their own ends without their permission. Not everyone, sure. But it's a bit odd to state so emphatically that there is no debate.

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