His style has been requested over 400,000 times, even surpassing legends like Picasso and Da Vinci—all without his consent.

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.

    • Deniz Opal@syzito.xyz
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      1 year ago

      @raccoona_nongrata

      Actually. It is necessary. The process of creativity is much much more a synergy of past consumption than we think.

      It took 100,000 years to get from cave drawings to Leonard Da Vinci.

      Yes we always find ways to draw, but the pinnacle of art comes from a shared culture of centuries.

        • Deniz Opal@syzito.xyz
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          1 year ago

          @raccoona_nongrata

          A machine will not unilaterally develop an art form, and develop it for 100,000 years.

          Yes I agree with this.

          However, they are not developing an art form now.

          Nor did Monet, Shakespeare, or Beethoven develop an art form. Or develop it for 100,000 years.

          So machines cannot emulate that.

          But they can create the end product based on past creations, much as Monet, Shakespeare, and Beethoven did.