AI in Writing and Art…

I Messed Up Last Night…

On my Friday night listing of some Kickstarters I thought were good, I didn’t notice that one of them had used AI art. (It has been removed.)

Let me be very clear here now. AI art and AI writing was trained by wholesale copyright theft. For one company alone, I had over 200 titles stolen to help them train their stupidity. That company just settled for 1.6 billion on a class action suit and will more than likely be going out of business.

AI art was trained by wholesale theft as well and there are a ton of lawsuits pending. Some good artists friends had hundreds of paintings stolen to train AI art.

AI in the overall culture will finds its place, but at the moment, and for any future I can see, if you use AI in your writing or for art for your books or projects, this is how I feel.

• 1… You are stunningly lazy.
• 2… You are a thief.
• 3… You don’t respect other people’s work.
• 4… You are ignorant when it comes to copyright.

AI art (and anything done with AI writing) is not something that can be owned. There is no copyright protection or value attached.

So please do not send me anything to look at if you have used AI art or writing. I do not want to know you are a crook. I have been dealing this last two years with a major theft from our business, I don’t need idiots reminding me how much of my work and my friends work was stolen as well in this monster AI scam.

(You know, if the companies would have just approached the writers and artists and offered to pay a small amount per novel or art to train their AI, most of us would have yes. But instead they just stole it. So f##k them and f##k you too if you use their stolen work. )

That clear enough?