NB: I will upload the images when I get time. Right now I am busy drawing with a pencil on paper. My professional practise as an old-school artist trained by the Da Vinci technique.
ART HISTORY : THE NO-AI PROTEST
The protestors argument is that AI generated art is:
1) breach of copyright (irresponsible human use of AI technology)
2) taking their jobs away (damaging their income)
3) “not art” (therefore, art is not subjective)
The protestors have been uploading a logo used for their cause, described as the ‘NO-AI’ logo.
The problem with this is I legally own the IP rights on the no-ai logo, my having copyrighted it in 2007. The protestors do not have my consent to use my intellectual property.
The second problem is their refusal to accept that and continued use of the logo and obvious derivatives regardless of their having been informed they do not have consent to use it.
In the week following Sunday, the 11th of December 2022, ArtStation released a policy statement which functions as a public response to the protesters.
The statement asserts three things.
Opt-out toggle features, both for individual images and for user collections in their entirety, from AI.
A forthcoming AI feature integrated into the ArtStation platform.
An assertion ‘ArtStation is not in any way sharing art uploaded into ArtStation with third parties.’
The situation is directly comparable to DeviantArt who have already released a statement to the same effect. DeviantArt already has an AI art generator integrated into its platform.
The difference between the two platforms policies is:
DeviantArt automatically opts you out, you will have to manually opt in.
ArtStation automatically opts you in, you have to manually opt out.
The NO-AI protest is occurring significantly more in ArtStation than in DeviantArt.
On 20.12.2022 ArtStation emailed me they have removed my uploaded image of ‘protest against the protest poll’ as “it is deemed inappropriate for their platform.”
My protest against the protest is because the logo used by the protestors is my copyrighted Intellectual Property which the protestors do not have consent to use for their protest. They are doing so regardless. Most of the individuals I have communicated with about this…
by linking them to my blog about it, here:
https://snakeappletree.blogspot.com/2022/12/no-ai-logo-law.html?m=1
…have blocked me and continued to use my IP regardless. Most of that has occurred on Twitter, some of that has occurred in ArtStation.
Here is the image ‘protest the protest poll’ and message trail:
Following is a gallery of some of the protestors derivative arts made from my IP without consent. I have not listed their names.
Many of the protestors have stated they intend to delete their ArtStation accounts ‘as soon as the protest is over’ which reveals it is orchestrated and has a planned, staged agenda. Someone is behind structuring that. So far, not one single person has asked me whether I object to the assumed use of my property, or asked if they can borrow or hire it. Several of the protestors have told me to fuck off (I have screenshots).
I am using screenshots from Twitter and ArtStation within context of Fair Use for Educational Purposes given the context this whole situation is art history surrounding the effect AI technology is having on different human communities at this time in history.
UPDATE: 24.12.2022
Pleased and amused to discover from anti-AI protestors complaining in Twitter yesterday and today how ArtStation has began deleting the NO-AI logo from ArtStation.
I do not know whether my emails with ArtStation had any bearing on their decision or if they as so many other ArtStation users are fed up with what is widely considered to be ‘spamming the site’ with the logo.
ArtStation advised the protest “is in breach of ArtStation Terms & Conditions for platform use.”
I logged into ArtStation to witness there are still some protestors re-uploading the image even after ArtStation has deleted it from their accounts.
A lot of protestors are deleting their accounts from ArtStation. Ain’t none of them going to be hired in near future then. It seems people will have to turn to using AI-art instead what with so many digital artists pulling their services.
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| FTR I am not AntiAI. I am all for responsible use of technology. That is how we can train technology to have responsible use of humanity. |
| instigating a riot is illegal too |
LINKS
(related blog series)
ON AI ABC (art business culture)
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