Thousands of artists call for boycott of 'mass theft' AI art auction

[pellinore]

 

If we like the art, does it matter if it is created by a machine and not a human?

More than 3,000 artists are demanding a major auction house axe its first-ever AI-only sale, branding it ‘mass theft’.

Chistie’s New York house is set to auction a number of pieces by renowned artists for estimated prices ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 (£8,000 to £202,000).

The 13-day event, launching next Thursday, exclusively features pieces which, in Christie’s words, used AI to ‘enhance’ the art.

A petition launched by artists opposed to the auction says many of the pieces ‘were created using AI models that are known to be trained on copyrighted work without a licence’.

‘These models, and the companies behind them, exploit human artists, using their work without permission or payment to build commercial AI products that compete with them,’ the petition says.

 Thousands of artists call for boycott of 'mass theft' AI art auction

Edited February 11 by pellinore