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The rapid rise of AI-generated art and why creative professionals are divided over it

Artificial intelligence made art is already being used to create entire graphic novels and award-winning digital art. But artists and everyday users are torn between the creative possibilities of AI art and the ethical and financial challenges it presents.

Internet bots generate digital art, sometimes based off of real artists' work

A collage of three original AI art pieces created by Annie Bender. (CBC Radio/Day 6)

In recent months, millions of people have started engaging in an unprecedented new creative practice that fuses visual art with artificial intelligence.

Research groups and companies like OpenAI and Midjourney are developing technologies that produce what they call "AI-generated images."

Now, just by typing a few words into a text box, people of any skill level can produce remarkably high-quality images.

AI-generated art is already being used to create entire graphic novels and award-winning digital art. But artists and everyday users are torn between the creative possibilities of AI art and the ethical and financial challenges it presents.

Currently, there is no way to determine where the images originate. AI bots scrape the internet for images, some of which have been created by real, working artists. Those images are used as a basis for whatthe bot produces, which brings into question their authenticity and raises questions about copyright infringement and authorship.

AI art is a hobby of Day 6producer Annie Bender. She got into it during the pandemic while sick at home with COVID-19.

"There's something really freeing in it," Bender told CBC Radio Day 6 host Saroja Coelho. "It feeds a craving for absurdity and beauty."

Thefull interview can be heardhere or above.

Here are some of Bender'screations, along with work from other artificial intelligence artists.

An original artificial intelligence art design titled Dinosaurs Crying Rainbow Tears. (Created by Annie Bender)
An original artificial intelligence art design titled Sunflower Music.
An original artificial intelligence art design titled Sunflower Music. (Created by Annie Bender)
An original artificial intelligence art design titled Violin. (Created by Annie Bender)
An original artificial intelligence art design titled Trees. (Created by Annie Bender)

Written by Bob Becken. Radio segment produced by Annie Bender.