Nuts & Bolts: Artificial Intelligence Policy
May 5, 2023
Nuts & Bolts – Artificial Intelligence Policy
Artificial Intelligence is taking the world by storm! We would be remiss in not identifying how it fits into GCU.
Here is an excerpt from this interesting article:
- AI is impacting the art industry in many ways — namely by making creation accessible to anyone, influencing the art market and collaborating with humans to improve the quality of output. Source: istockphoto.com In a world where technology is rapidly advancing, AI is now transforming the way art is created.
Here is GCU’s current policy on submissions created using AI. Assisted and collaboration are the key takeaways.
Submissions must meet:
1. list the AI site / program being used in the Note to Reviewers field
2. paid subscription to the site / program being used (MJ, Sparks, Creative Fabrica, Night Cafe, etc.)
3. if free to use program the artist’s post processing value add must be more substantial
4. license / TOU must give you the commercial usage CU rights
5. must provide a direct link to the AI image prior to artist enhancements in the Note to Reviewer
6. images will be required to be AI assisted artwork and have artist pre / post processing, value ad, “no as is” which should be detailed for reviewers in the Note to Reviewers field.
2. paid subscription to the site / program being used (MJ, Sparks, Creative Fabrica, Night Cafe, etc.)
3. if free to use program the artist’s post processing value add must be more substantial
4. license / TOU must give you the commercial usage CU rights
5. must provide a direct link to the AI image prior to artist enhancements in the Note to Reviewer
6. images will be required to be AI assisted artwork and have artist pre / post processing, value ad, “no as is” which should be detailed for reviewers in the Note to Reviewers field.
As this area of creative works evolves, GCU reserves the right to change our policy on submissions based on AI creative.
Stay tuned on GCU artist Stephanie Laird posting on how she’s using AI in her creative works and greeting card images.
The difference is made in the details!
Mindy
GCU Community Manager
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I regard art and design as primarily a means of communication. So how that art/design is produced – whether traditionally, digitally or using AI – is to a large extent irrelevant, as long as a human being is in charge of what AI produces.
Judy Adamson
Thank you, Judy. We agree there a place for AI artistic expression and we are navigating how that fits here.
EXACTLY
I am pleased to see that you are placing some restrictions on the use of AI. As an artist who has potentially had my online images scraped from my print selling sites by the AI companies for ‘training’ their algorithms, I obviously do not have positive feelings toward the practice. I would just implore you not to let this site get saturated with AI imagery as is happening currently at so many of the Print on Demand sites.
Yes we are committed to not accepting unadulterated AI content. It will be an in-progress process as to how we evaluate that in new submissions. Thank you for your comments and we share your concerns.
Interesting updates here re: AI and Adobe products:
Noting:
Content Authenticity Initiative for content creation transparency
And Adobe CEO sharing the comments of:
“creative for all” and the goals of making the technology “accessable” and “accelerator”.
Nothing new but a reminder as we venture into generative AI – prompts should not include to draw upon any works or any artists’ works that are not yet in the PD. https://gcucommunity.com/2024/10/11/nuts-bolts-ip-protection-reminder-in-ai-policy/#comment-47138
Hi, Mindy! I know this is an older post I am responding to, but I have just ventured into the world of Ai and I want to be extra-careful that I am creating images that will be acceptable to GCU’s standards. I have made several new images using Facebook’s free “Meta” feature found in Messenger. The resolution is too low for me to use anything as-is, so I am giving Meta prompts to create certain components that I then will patch together to make a new larger image. (I am not relying on any previous work of art or style of an artist that is not already in the public domain.) I have found that Ai comes up with the goofiest stuff and so I have to continually give re-worded prompts to get across the artwork I envision. I have often needed Meta to “reimagine” my original description 20 or 30 times before I have something I can work with. Even at that point, there is always something to fix, like removing two extra fingers from a 7-fingered hand, or adding a missing fourth leg from a three-legged dog.
So my question is: What would I write in my notes to the Reviewers to assure them that my Ai-assisted art is ultimately my own? I have no URLs for anything and I don’t pay for any subscription. According to what I have read in Facebook’s TOU, what we make with Meta is free for commercial use. Is there any further direction you can give me regarding this?
Thanks!