Without a doubt, AI and ChatGPT have forever transformed the way artists and writers create. At this very moment, screenwriters are striking over the use of AI in film and television. And to be sure, AI is a powerful tool, able to churn out truckloads of workable stories and ideas. Yet just as many times, AI can generate some pretty insane snippets of text. Called “hallucinations” these hint at the way AI thinks and interacts with the world. As writers, we can exploit AI mistakes to jumpstart our own creative projects.
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Will AI Kill the Art But Not the Artist?
ChatGPT is excellent at stringing together plausible sounding writing. But in essence, it is pure BS. In a world where ChatGPT can churn out essays and stories in mere seconds, we need to ask: What does it mean to be human? Is there a difference between the art and the artist? Perhaps we should let AI kill the art.
Use a Glaze to Protect Your Art from AI Mimicry
If you create any kind of visual art in the twenty-first century, you have probably resigned yourself to being mimicked by AI. These intelligent bots scour the web and scoop up your style, ready to replicate it for anyone who types in the right description. But it doesn’t have to be this way. Now artists have their own software to fight back. Glaze is a tool developed in the University of Chicago SAND lab that fools the bots, allowing it to protect your art from AI mimicry.
AI Will Liberate the Artist
Artificial intelligence has many artists and writers running for cover. We fear that this simple algorithm will spell the end of our abilities to create. Yet, if we flip the situation around, AI will liberate the artists, allowing them to freely explore.
