Cultured AI: A Look At Generative Models and their Artificial Creations

AI has undergone several contentious changes over the last decade or so. While initially relegated to the depths of sci-fi novels and Star Trek episodes, the term AI — and generative models as a whole — have become somewhat popular in the modern vernacular thanks to the efforts of several companies and the rapid developments of AI as a whole. Generative models are growing in size, scale, and effectiveness, and will most likely become more and more refined in the future. However, with this rapid rise in technology comes several never-before-seen problems; problems resulting from the usage of generative models in the creation and proliferation of images and media. While generative models are not sentient and cannot construct things on their own, these generative models do use a variety of inputs or tests, as well as information taken from various sources such as the internet or stories to generates something following the style or design of these ideas. As art-focused generative models takes parts from different artists’ works and combines them to form a new piece without properly referencing it, AI art is often accused of stealing human creator’s art. A similar problem can be seen with generative text creations, with some people fearing the usage of generative models can be used to create new stories by feeding old material or scripts. <a href="https://medium.com/@ar.chin/cultured-ai-a-look-at-generative-models-and-their-artificial-creations-3c5060398db2">Website</a>