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Christie's First-Ever AI Art Auction Earns $728,000, Plus Controversy (www.cnet.com)

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More than 5,600 artists signed an open letter protesting the auction, saying that the works used AI models that are trained on copyrighted work.

A representative for Christie's shared a statement about the issue. "From the beginning, two things have been true about the art world: one, artists are inspired by what came before them, and two, art can spark debate, discussion, and controversy," the statement reads. "The discussions around digital art, including art created using AI technology, are not new and in many ways should be expected. Many artists -- Pop artists, for example -- have been the subject of similar discussions. Having said that, Christie's, a global company with world-class experts, is uniquely positioned to explore the relatively new and ever-changing space of digital art: the artists, collectors, market and challenges."

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

In what world does it take two people to "make" a piece of malformed AI schlock?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 12 hours ago

Herndon and Dryhurst are frequent collaborators, and xhairymutantx is their work. So they didn't just prompt an LLM to make the image, they trained the model themselves. And they specifically trained the model on pictures of Herndon (who has distinctive red, braided hair).

I'm personally a really big fan of their work (which I don't expect everyone to be), but the picture that's being circulated in articles and apparently sold at auction without context is pretty uninspiring.