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Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back - Decrypt (decrypt.co)

submitted 2 years ago by trashhalo@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Greg Rutkowski, a digital artist known for his surreal style, opposes AI art but his name and style have been frequently used by AI art generators without his consent. In response, Stable Diffusion removed his work from their dataset in version 2.0. However, the community has now created a tool to emulate Rutkowski's style against his wishes using a LoRA model. While some argue this is unethical, others justify it since Rutkowski's art has already been widely used in Stable Diffusion 1.5. The debate highlights the blurry line between innovation and infringement in the emerging field of AI art.

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[–] SmoochyPit@beehaw.org 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If an image is represented as a network of weighted values describing subtle patterns in the image rather than a traditional grid of pixel color values, is that copy of the image still subject to copyright law?

How much would you have to change before it isn’t? Or if you merged it with another representation, would that change your rights to that image?

[–] whelmer@beehaw.org 14 points 2 years ago

It doesn't matter how you recreate an image, if you recreate someone else's work that is a violation of copyright.

Stealing someone's style is a different matter.