OpenAI and Watermarks

In his latest newsletter, Michael Essek said that this is not a big deal. It is easy enough to strip away the meta data  and all designers will be redesigning the material that is spurted out by AI. For example, I have begun a theme in RedBubble called Star Signs. I generated this image (and many others) in Dream Up Clay Maker. 

 But by the time I finished creating my design, it turned out like this. There has been some work done, but I don't really expect that this will protect my copyright.

Essek says, the issue of provenance in ai-generated content is a hot one, and it’s probably going to stay that way for a while. And it is this issue of copyright that we have been discussing here in this article about AI.   Essek suggests that the issues surrounding the use of AI might spill over into design platform Redbubble, The questions are tricky and they won't be answered any time soon, he suggests. 

But this doesn't mean that I have no scruples, or that I don't care about my work! Not all. Take this joke for example, knowing that the theme of the day would be 'cat jokes' I used DreamUp to generate these cats. 

I wanted cats that were talking. And so eventually the image morphed into this cartoon among other things.

If you go to this collection on Zazzle you will see the designer T Shirt in the context of a whole collection for HIM. It is the collection, and the story behind the collection, that give the products meaning and purpose. 

It is the theme and the context that count for me - not just one small element that is the image. 

In this sense I don't just spill out jokes - I think the whole thing through and play to an end product that will fill a niche. Most people who create these kinds of products are aware of the temporary novelty nature of the endeavour. 

But wat? Or is it? 

Think back to Andy Warhol and the manufactured nature of his art. His point was that artists live in a stream of creativity and then every so often they stop an think - this is the ONE! That is the real nature of POP Art too. Artists stop choose one of the designs and hand paint, or spray can paint those chosen minutes of creativity that really work, and it is these moments that end up in exhibitions and on websites such as Blue Thumb. 

 And so it goes - play a little, work a little, be in inspired a little, and use the art appropriately. 

The main thing is to be aware of the implications. If someone steals my little cats - so be it.

If someone steals my authentic painting of a seagull taking off. I have a lot of proof of ownership and I will act accordingly. 

Here is an example of the DreamUp creator. When you pay for Deviant Art you get 500 creations a month and four versions that create your prompt. 

This prompt was at least in part. Gold and Turquoise Leaf Tesselation.  After cutting, cleaning, flipping and joining the design will now be used in a variety of ways. 

Here is a link to Zazzle Collection using this kind of pattern