How AI Art can free Artists, not replace them
The never-ending story about Human-Machine relationship
In early October, the world was surprised by the tragic news that 47-year-old illustrator Kim Jung Gi had suddenly passed away. Kim was known for his complex drawings, with unusual perspectives and which he created without even making a sketch beforehand. It is common for those who work with art to use references and sketch possible scenarios, but Kim distinguished herself by doing everything “from memory.”
His work was so impressive and unique that the illustrator was in the habit of traveling the world to demonstrate his technique and skill. Unfortunately, the artist suffered a massive heart attack on one of these trips. Faced with this loss, fans of the artist and illustrators, in general, turned to social media to pay their respects. And then, Twitter user @BG_5you decided to train artificial intelligence to generate images based on Kim’s works.
Although the programmer shared the code used in making this generative AI and clarified that his goal was to pay tribute to the artist, the reactions on the social network were quite adverse, understanding that it was, in fact, disrespectful. But, regardless of that, programs and platforms like Dall-E are, in fact, increasingly improving in generating images from different…
