To protect human artistry from AI, new safeguards might be essential

  • 2023-03-28 08:00:00
  • The Washington Post

Art has always been considered an area that does not pay handsomely, unless a person has the great fortune to break through, or the constancy to continue. It is no news that artists starve and need to practice an external profession in order to maintain their passions.

Following the introduction of Artificial Intelligences, such as ChatGPT, Dall-E and MusicLM, the situation seems irrecoverable. The idea that digital services can replace human work is not that far from reality, especially following recent developments.

Big companies have decided, as if it weren't enough, to "train" these AI services using the works, lyrics, melodies and designs of living, human artists, obviously without any kind of acknowledgment or compensation to the original creators.

This article discusses the need to establish new laws and safeguards aimed at protecting the world of human art.