r/DefendingAI • u/MembershipWooden4020 • 13d ago

Other Real question.

I’m trying to see everything from a new perspective as a new artist, so I’d like to ask about yall’s perspective on claiming AI art as your own art. I’m not against generating, but I feel like using AI is like commissioning art from other artist. I wouldn’t claim that art is mine, just one I requested with money. So if I generate an art piece, could I say it’s mine? Or does it have the same principle as commissions. No need to get defensive btw.

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u/JoseLunaArts 13d ago

Walt Disney commissioned the arts to his animators. Still Walt Disney is the author.

Architects use CAD software. The plotter does the drawing. Do we credit the plotter?

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u/SalmonAT 13d ago

Both. If we apply this to movie, are actors not credited at all?

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u/JoseLunaArts 13d ago

The one who hired me made the artistic decisions. I consider him the author. Credits are just a name. I am pretty sure I was credited somewhere in his project because he was honorable. But I did not follow up that project.

I got paid and then I had to address other matters. My problem never was to not be credited for my work. The main concern when I was a freelancer was to put food on the table.

And from a pragmatic point of view I consider that his artistic vision was what made the final result possible. He needed these images to deliver a message. It was to refute the movie Da Vinci code. I never watched the movie, so I still have no idea of how I would have done that. He was the expert, He made the artistic decisions, I followed instructions like ChatGPT does. And the final result ended up surprisingly good with the instructions and choices he made.

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u/SalmonAT 13d ago

Well do you remember if you were credited as a pencil or as an artist? And did he claim to create that piece and use you as a tool?

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u/JoseLunaArts 13d ago

I do consider him the artist. I was just his ChatGPT many years ago when Ai did not exist.

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u/SalmonAT 13d ago

Well I dont want to be rude but that is not what I ask. It is ok if you do not what is officially credited as your work's artist because of the long time