Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the creative landscape. This technological leap challenges traditional notions of authorship, raising questions about the artist’s role in the creation process. The online workshop „Authorship in AI-Generated Art“, aims to explore this complex and emerging issue with our guest speakers introduced below. We now invite artists, scholars, legal experts, and technologists to engage in this discussion on the implications of AI in the world of media art.

Key topics of the workshop with pioneering AI artist-philosopher Boris Eldagsen and Austrian artist-researcher duo Kairus will address the challenges and possibilities of prompt-based visual creation and the ethical considerations of AI in art, including concerns over originality and intellectual property rights.It is time to ask: what do artists really want when it comes to authorship and copyright? What actions and laws should be implemented to safeguard creative integrity?

Programme:
Pioneering AI artist-philosopher Boris Eldagsen and Austrian artist-researcher duo Kairus will engage in a deep reflection on the issues artists dealing with digital material are facing in creative, ethical and legal processes with AI tools. Both guest speakers will give around 30 minutes long presentation, followed by a moderated discussion between the artists and the zoom audience.

Boris Eldagsen
Will it Blend? The Future of Human/AI Collaboration in Creativity
Many studies have concluded that AI is in no way inferior to humans in terms of creativity. Unfortunately, these studies do not define what they mean by creativity. Boris shows the complexity of the creative collaboration between humans and AI – and the impact it will have on the role of artists. He will show which creativity theories will help us to better understand and sensibly divide up the collaboration between humans and AI in the future.



Kairus
Creativity and Consent: Navigating the Intersection of AI, Art, and Copyright
Artists have created artworks with AI for decades, however, until recently, this has required technical expertise and special resources. What has changed with the latest generative media tools is the easy access to using AI for creating images, audio, videos, and text. Yet, a recurring controversy flagged by artists is that these new tools are trained on vast amounts of public data scraped from the Internet without consent often violating both privacy and community ethics. On one hand, artists are embracing these new technologies; on the other, those whose professions are threatened by generative AI are taking action by protesting against it, and filing lawsuits against the companies benefiting from their work. How do we, as artists, navigate the ethics of using generative tools? Can we opt-out from having AI trained on our images, and what else should we know about AI and copyright law?

The workshop is programmed by M-Cult’s producer and EMAP residency coordinator Mia Mäkelä. It takes place on 22 October 2024, 19:00 - 21:00 (EET); 18:00 - 20:00 (CET) online, registration not required.

https://zoom.us/j/9931367370?pwd=chdpwKpt9X6SAKpNgCw4jSB1rGQlEo.1&omn=91396136686
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