Sharing art in a world of AI

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Someone on BlueSky designed some mugs he was selling on his own website and he found copies for sale on Temu. No attribution. No commision. No acknowledgement.

So, now, I’m debating with myself about how to share pictures of art I have enjoyed. I love showing you things that have delighted my eyes. But, I don’t want to be a vehicle for AI theft. Or any other way that artists get ripped off.

When I go to a museum, I take pictures of the things that particularly move me. I try to take enough pictures that, if I share, you can tell the scale, see some detail and can read the lable, particulalry if it has context I think is worthwhile. (The Greenville, SC art museum in infamous at my house for the lack of that, despite their amazing collection of Andrew Wyeth’s work.)

So, I’m waffling. I really want to share art. I want you to see some of what I have seen. I think that, if you get a glimpse that intrigues you, you will do your own investigation of the artists that have touched my heart and delighted my eyes.

But, I don’t want to point the way for them to be robbed.

Thoughts? Input? Help?

One response to “Sharing art in a world of AI”

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    Amy

    Ugh. This is hard. And a very icky problem. A few thoughts…if an artist gives permission, that seems like an obvious yes. If art is already available online, that, too, seems like a yes. At an event, gallery or museum, you might ask whether they have a policy. But I don’t know. I love seeing your finds. And a world without art is just gross. But I also hate the way AI & humans are stealing and misusing art. So I don’t know. I expect someone who’s thought about this more deeply than I have has written about it.

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