Dear Friends,
There’s a LOT of buzz in the online and digital art world right now. Using AI (Artificial Intelligence) to make “art” is all the rage. People who have zero art skills but the desire to make a lot of money are using this tool to generate images which they then upload and sell, or apply to various products and sell those. Making money is their goal, not making art. I know also that there are some genuine artists out there who are using AI to create original images and that is a different matter. So how is a mere mortal supposed to know the difference if this is something that matters to you?
That is easy… just follow/support artists who are honest and upfront about how they make their art. I’m not making a judgement about AI in art, I’m just saying that I will not use it to create my images. Period.
There may however be software companies that use AI to develop and operate their photo editing software and I may eventually be forced into buying those products down the road. But I will not use AI to GENERATE an image. All my images that I take and present on my website as my own are of REAL things: Nature images, Fairy House sculptures, Land Art sculptures. All are real, not faked AI-generated images.
Very soon, if not already now, it will become difficult to tell the difference. My promise to you, dear friends, is that you can rely on my images being of real moments, captured in a camera. Full stop, until you hear otherwise. I hope that eases any concerns you may have had about my work.
Wishing you a bright and bountiful spring,
Thanks so much, Sally! I find this entire subject very disturbing! I use technology as rarely as possible, including not owning a microwave, dryer, or cell phone & very often I’m stymied & infuriated by simply trying to interact with friends & like-minded folks & sharing photos! I just want you to know that I feel an affinity
with you & your art! I’m sending you love & thoughts of strength & healing.
Thank you Lynette,
I hear you! Technology has crept into all of our lives and now, instead of simply being a convenience, it is driving much of daily lives and attention if we let it. It is a challenge to keep a balance that makes sense to our own personal set of values…which may be far different from other friends and family.
As for sharing photos… I can recommend Dropbox as a solution that might work for you. Their free service is plenty of storage for non-business users. You can create shared folders then invite friends and family to have access. You then upload a photo (from a scan or from your device) and it goes into the shared folder….then anyone you have given permission to can see the image. If you set it up with different permissions, they too can upload and share photos with everyone else just in your group using your folder. All privately with no chance of the images getting stolen or used without your permission. Not the case with FB, Google, Insta or any of the other social media platforms. If you use them, it is in their contract that we all have signed to use those platforms, they can sell ANY image you post. They can sell to a third party if they want to without your permission and without you having any control over how the image is used. Not so with Dropbox. It may be a solution for you.
Cheers,
Sally