▲ 119 ▼ Police Called On Artist Accused Of Selling A.I. Art At Dragon Con (bleedingcool.com) submitted 1 year ago by bignose@ttrpg.network to c/fuck_ai@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments Police were called to Dragon Con after an artist was accused of selling A.I.-generated artwork at their booth. Vendor Oriana Gerez faced backlash and was asked to leave, sparking heated debate across social media platforms. Dragon Con currently lacks a clear public policy addressing A.I. art in its Artist Alley or exhibition guidelines. Controversy follows past A.I. art incidents, with the Dragon Awards and Fan Expo Canada grappling with similar issues.
[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 41 points 1 year ago (3 children) Is that illegal? It’s shitty, for sure, but cops don’t usually arrest people for just being shitty. permalink fedilink source hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 87 points 1 year ago Per the comments on the article: The DragonCon policy explicitly states AI art cannot be sold and that violating that part of their policy is grounds for immediate dismissal The artist refused to leave The cops were called to get them to leave permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago (1 child) Probably refused to leave, or the situation in general was getting heated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip -13 points 1 year ago Likely. That said, it’s a crap thing to do. But, incidents like this also have started an overkill backlash against people who use AI for the simplest tasks who openly take no credit. I get AI takes away from them, but they are shooting themselves in the foot with the incessant need to bash/shame anything done with AI. Hell, I lost feeling in my entire right side of my body, so telling me to suck it up and to use MS Paint is borderline trolling and completely missing the flowers for the trees. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hedgehog@ttrpg.network 87 points 1 year ago Per the comments on the article: The DragonCon policy explicitly states AI art cannot be sold and that violating that part of their policy is grounds for immediate dismissal The artist refused to leave The cops were called to get them to leave permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ilovethebomb@sh.itjust.works 57 points 1 year ago (1 child) Probably refused to leave, or the situation in general was getting heated. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [+] RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip -13 points 1 year ago Likely. That said, it’s a crap thing to do. But, incidents like this also have started an overkill backlash against people who use AI for the simplest tasks who openly take no credit. I get AI takes away from them, but they are shooting themselves in the foot with the incessant need to bash/shame anything done with AI. Hell, I lost feeling in my entire right side of my body, so telling me to suck it up and to use MS Paint is borderline trolling and completely missing the flowers for the trees. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] RustyShackleford@lemmy.zip -13 points 1 year ago Likely. That said, it’s a crap thing to do. But, incidents like this also have started an overkill backlash against people who use AI for the simplest tasks who openly take no credit. I get AI takes away from them, but they are shooting themselves in the foot with the incessant need to bash/shame anything done with AI. Hell, I lost feeling in my entire right side of my body, so telling me to suck it up and to use MS Paint is borderline trolling and completely missing the flowers for the trees. permalink fedilink source parent