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The awards physique stated in its preliminary response that it had been trying ahead to participating the artist in a dialogue about AI however had withdrawn the work in line with his needs. (Image: AFP)
Last yr, an AI-generated paintings gained a prize on the Colorado State Fair, prompting soul-searching within the artwork world
A German artist has sparked an indignant row after successful a prestigious pictures prize with an entry that was generated by synthetic intelligence.
Boris Eldagsen ultimately rejected the gong from the Sony World Photography Awards after concluding that such competitions weren’t but geared up to deal with AI entries.
The awards organisers initially accused the artist of “deceptive” behaviour, but removed the accusation from a later statement after a furious reply from Eldagsen on Tuesday.
Many photographers and artists fear their livelihoods are under threat from AI tools that allow anyone to create striking images with just a quick text prompt.
The rapid rise of AI image generators has already sparked legal cases, as the tools are “trained” on an enormous variety of pictures — lots of which could possibly be copyright protected.
Last yr, an AI-generated paintings gained a prize on the Colorado State Fair, prompting soul-searching within the artwork world.
Sony World Photography Awards introduced Eldagsen’s entry — a sepia-toned picture of two girls entitled “Pseudomnesia: The Electrician” — as the winner of its creative category in mid-March.
Eldagsen gave interviews at the time explaining how he had made the work and saying he wanted to spark a debate over AI.
However, he wrote last week that “AI images and photography should not compete with each other in an award like this” and rejected the prize.
“I utilized as a cheeky monkey, to seek out out if the competitions are ready for AI pictures to enter. They should not,” he wrote.
The awards body said in its initial response that it had been looking forward to engaging the artist in a discussion about AI but had withdrawn the work “in keeping with his wishes”.
Its assertion added: “Given his actions and subsequent assertion noting his deliberate makes an attempt at deceptive us, and due to this fact invalidating the warranties he offered, we not really feel we’re capable of have interaction in a significant and constructive dialogue with him.”
But Eldagsen wrote on his website that it was “nonsense” to recommend the awards physique had been prepared to interact.
“They had so many choices to make use of this for good. They used none of them,” he wrote, accusing them of ignoring questions from the media and other photographers.
The organisers later sent an edited version of the statement to AFP removing the accusation that they had been misled but insisting they had been prepared to engage with Eldagsen and the AI debate.
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