2024-07-02
27 分钟In an encore episode, we look at the tension between AI and the work of humans from which it learns. Media companies like the New York Times and a roster of authors and artists have sued some of the makers of these generative AI models to try to get an answer to a very fundamental question: What do human creators own?
Hey, its Dina.
The click here team is taking a bit of a break from producing new episodes this month.
Well be back in August with some new reporting and some fresh stories.
But in the meantime, weve got an encore performance of one of our most popular episodes.
Its about the tension between AI and the human creations from which it learns.
Media companies like the New York Times and a roster of authors and artists have sued some of the makers of these generative AI models to try to get an answer to a very fundamental what do human creators own?
And if tech companies are using human content to train AI models, shouldnt they be paid for it?
And our story begins not in New York but in Nashville, Tennessee, with an artist named Kelly McCurden.
I work in watercolor and acryla Gouache, and it's inspired by Ar Nouveau, which was a movement from about 100 years ago.
Kelly, who uses the pronoun they, specializes in a kind of magical realism.
Their paintings remind me of old Grateful Dead albums like American Beauty or anthem of the sun.
But instead of skulls and skeletons and flowers, Kelly uses the female form, woven into intricate patterns and beautiful colors.
Most of my work is kind of an extension of myself.
They're self portraits, even if they're not my face.
And like most artists these days, Kelly has put their images online, not just to share it, but maybe to drum up some new business, too.
But then this crazy thing happened.
A couple of years ago, Kelly was.
Suddenly tagged in these posts on Twitter and Instagram.
So they just clicked on one of the links, and it took them to a page that had all these images that were purporting to be Kelly McKernon's, but Kelly had never painted them.
It didn't look like my work, but it was using my name.