What the hell must I do?
Artists just want a place online where platforms don't feed their work to AI. So I built Cara. But people just won't leave us alone.
The laws don't help us, the governments don't help us. What are artists supposed to do exactly? 1/
Concept art I made for The Fifth Element in the 1990s
Reposting it because I found the hi-res scan!
Not to jump on the trend, but that's worth the "tap, hold, load in 4k"
In the Disney lawsuit, 10 pages are dedicated to citing the work we did. In pursuit of this evidence, Midjourney banned me 3 times and updated their ToS. The first ban encouraged me to dig a lot deeper, so I'd like to congratulate CEO David Holz on his massive unforced error.
I wonder if companies diving head first into GenAi will finally get the memo, it’s a huge copyright infringement liability.
And now we know Individuals, groups of folks AND major companies will absolutely sue!
Companies, use GenAi at your own risk.
If you have a moment I'd be very grateful for any RT of my illustration as I am currently in need of any new work/projects. I have a lot of examples on my website too.
Thankyou :)
This is amazing advice, for how we as a citizenry can enact change in overwhelming times.
If you’re thinking like it’s too much, it’s because it IS, and it’s by design. So take a breath, recalibrate and focus on key issues for you. This is how we tackle the moment!
Given the news that the UK government is going to propose gifting creators' work to AI companies, with the right to 'opt out', here's what I said to the Culture, Media and Sport Committee about opt-outs.
tl;dr: they literally don't work, and they are hugely unfair to creators.
It’s that time of year again!
Christmas 1982, I finally owned the machine I had only stared at in awe at stores and in school.
I asked my mom if I could play with it before Christmas and she said, “No! It will be old hat by the time Christmas comes around then.”
I spent 8+ hours per day on my Commodore 64 for years after that Christmas.
🚨 Sounding Alarms for all my UK folks 🚨
If you’re in the UK and do not want your works to be given for free to GenAi companies that train models (based on your works) to then compete against you, now is the time to get involved!
I've been working on an updated intro to Blender series. Sorry it's already over 4 hours long. I'm trying to keep it condensed, but there's just a lot to share.