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This is 山本 正廣, and I would like to inform you of my practice during the latter half of the ESS meeting on Saturday, November 16th, 2024

Agenda: Discussion

Title: About AI art

Procedure:

Make groups with four or five members.

I would like to distribute the following content for all.

Then please choose a chairman and a reporter in each group.

Please prepare for this issue, something like reading and considering in advance so that you may participate in the discussion positively.

What is AI art?

AI art refers to artworks created using artificial intelligence. Works are produced in various forms, including paintings, music, and video. The history of AI art dates back to early computer art in the 1960s. In recent years, advances in technology have made it possible to create more advanced and realistic works.

Advantages of AI art

One of the advantages of AI art is that it complements human creativity and helps generate new ideas. AI can create unique works by combining multiple painting styles and designs. AI can also process large amounts of data quickly and generate works efficiently. This can significantly reduce production costs and time.

For example, when using AI to compose music, AI can learn various musical elements and styles and create new melodies and rhythms based on them. Music generated by AI can have unique sounds and structures that are different from traditional music. This can lead to the creation of new musical genres and styles. In addition, collaboration between AI and humans can create richer artistic experiences.

Disadvantages of AI art

AI-generated works may lack complete originality because they are based on existing data. This may cause the uniqueness of the work to be lost. AI may also take away jobs from human artists. AI technology still has limitations and is not compatible with all art forms. In certain genres and styles, it may be inferior to human creativity.

Ethical issues

Issues arise regarding copyright and ownership of works generated by AI. When AI learns from existing works and generates new works based on them, the question of who should own the copyright and ownership of the work arises. Usually, copyright and ownership of a work belong to the person who created it. However, works generated by AI are not based on the creativity of human artists. AI makes predictions based on patterns and trends in the given data and generates new works. Therefore, it is not clear who should own the copyright and ownership of works generated by AI.

Questions: Please circle whether you agree or disagree with each statement below and add your idea.

1. Laws must be enacted to determine who has copyright and ownership of works generated by AI. agree disagree

2. AI art is a huge step forward in human technology and art, and it needs to continue to develop more. It would be interesting to see a museum dedicated only to AI art.

agree disagree

3. AI art is a blasphemy to human creativity, and the United Nations must take the lead in regulating it globally. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　agree disagree

4. It would be interesting to see the competition of arts between humans and AI, just like that of Igo or Shogi between the two. agree disagree

5. AI art could take away the jobs of human artists in the future, so it should definitely be regulated by laws. agree disagree

6. Unlike human art, AI art has the potential to expand into new fields. There is also the possibility that companies selling AI art could make a huge profit.

agree disagree

Dear members

This is the announcement of the practice held at the temple next week.
Genre： Amusement and Word Construction

I’ll give you a sheet of paper with strange words and fonts that are difficult to read or understand. Please challenge and try reading them.

Next, I will give you another paper. Please write down as many words as possible using the given letters within five minutes. While doing this you are not allowed to use dictionaries of any kind.

I hope you will find this practice interesting and enjoyable.

Kumiko Takesue