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‘Mass theft’: Thousands of artists call for AI art auction to be cancelled (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 1 week ago by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/technology

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Thousands of artists are urging the auction house Christie’s to cancel a sale of art created with artificial intelligence, claiming the technology behind the works is committing “mass theft”.

The Augmented Intelligence auction has been described by Christie’s as the first AI-dedicated sale by a major auctioneer and features 20 lots with prices ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 for works by artists including Refik Anadol and the late AI art pioneer Harold Cohen.

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[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Don't see a problem tbh, value is set by what someone will pay. If someone will pay for it then it is worth that.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 6 days ago

The problem is not the price.

The problem is Ai "art" is inherently stealing the work of other people, and not in a way that a painter can say they were influenced by some other painter.

[–] Segab 6 points 6 days ago

That's wrong, since speculative investment and money laundering are so intertwined with the pricing of art.