Maybe this is a bit faraway, but I think theres a central ethical question being dodged in conversations about AI "creating something new" or "working with creatives, not stealing from them." If AI is as creative, original, changing, emotional, and (crucially) flawed as human beings, are they not human? I actually think manga's like Pluto and YKK have been asking this already. Idk It's fascinating and scary to think about what the end game of a "perfect" AI looks like. human? or something different?
Love the podcast style reads btw - ESPECIALLY when you took a second to reread. Ahh - so human!
It sounds like you're talking about AGI, which is the AI most often seen in fiction, a form that's better than humans at everything. Right now we're competing with a tool that's very good at turning out things that are just good enough (and it turns out there's a big demand for that.)
I think using AI to create generic images for things like blog, post, thumbnails or covers, youtube, thumbnails or things of that nature is fine. You're not looking for something where that is the star of the show. It is something to bring people in to draw the eye to.
Using AI to create something wholly new or to replicate people's individuals. Styles that defines their livelihood is wrong and immoral. You are essentially stealing their work without paying for it. You're stealing what makes them unique.
Totally agreed as to your second point. As to the first, companies and creators always try to find cheaper, faster ways of doing the "grunt work" involved in making things. Producing a weekly serialized manga almost requires hiring a team to do the backgrounds, details, sound effects, secondary characters. But that grunt work is where artists can sell their skills to get money in between their own projects, and build experience. So the question becomes, does AI make the lives of artists better, or worse? There's a lot of debate about that in the manga world right now.
Maybe this is a bit faraway, but I think theres a central ethical question being dodged in conversations about AI "creating something new" or "working with creatives, not stealing from them." If AI is as creative, original, changing, emotional, and (crucially) flawed as human beings, are they not human? I actually think manga's like Pluto and YKK have been asking this already. Idk It's fascinating and scary to think about what the end game of a "perfect" AI looks like. human? or something different?
Love the podcast style reads btw - ESPECIALLY when you took a second to reread. Ahh - so human!
It sounds like you're talking about AGI, which is the AI most often seen in fiction, a form that's better than humans at everything. Right now we're competing with a tool that's very good at turning out things that are just good enough (and it turns out there's a big demand for that.)
I promise never to outsource my voiceovers to AI! :)
This an excellent explanation of all the reasons Japan will shoot itself in the foot if it is not careful regarding AI.
I think using AI to create generic images for things like blog, post, thumbnails or covers, youtube, thumbnails or things of that nature is fine. You're not looking for something where that is the star of the show. It is something to bring people in to draw the eye to.
Using AI to create something wholly new or to replicate people's individuals. Styles that defines their livelihood is wrong and immoral. You are essentially stealing their work without paying for it. You're stealing what makes them unique.
Totally agreed as to your second point. As to the first, companies and creators always try to find cheaper, faster ways of doing the "grunt work" involved in making things. Producing a weekly serialized manga almost requires hiring a team to do the backgrounds, details, sound effects, secondary characters. But that grunt work is where artists can sell their skills to get money in between their own projects, and build experience. So the question becomes, does AI make the lives of artists better, or worse? There's a lot of debate about that in the manga world right now.
Oh sweet. thank you for naming that! And yeah - here's hoping that people's inherent interest in human made things pull us through this gray period.