AI (Artificial Intelligence) has infiltrated everything and everywhere in life! There is no escaping it. Is it a friend … or foe? Or both? While we cannot stop this “bullet train”, let us get a better grasp of it and better utilize it to our advantage in life. No industry has been immune. The creative industry, or the arts, has been, and will continue to be, profoundly impacted.
Are you an Artist? Graphic Artist? Actor? Musician? Composer? Photographer? Ceramicist? Dancer? Comedian? Singer? Choreographer? Poet? Designer? Director? Painter? Author? Is AI an assault on your creativity and economics? Can human creativity ever stay ahead of the curve? Is AI challenging us to “up” our talent and resources – or replace them? Humans have “birthed” this technology. What have we done?
Join the Nevada County Law Library and Madelyn Helling Library in Nevada City in its Collaborative Technology Center, on Tuesday, October 21, from 12:00-1:00 for this free Noon Time Legal Seminar on Art vs. Algorithm: The Copyright Collision Course, presented by Guy Stilson and Adam Chin. You may also choose to attend via Zoom.
This seminar will give a brief overview of what has been happening in AI, with an emphasis on the visual side. The advancements made by Gen AI (Generative Artificial Intelligence) are the biggest things to happen in computer graphics in the last forty years. Examples will be shown of Gen AI images made by commercial AI programs, and of Gen AI video, which has taken off quickly in the last two years.
Guy Stilson is a local attorney practicing in the areas of transactional law and civil litigation, with a list of notable clients in the arts, entertainment, and sports industries, whom he has represented in navigating copyright issues. He will provide a general overview of AI-related legal issues, including training data (e.g., can an AI system use art as part of its training data, without the permission of the artist or owner of the rights?); created data (e.g., what are an artist’s rights regarding artwork created primarily via AI?); and how using AI to edit artwork such as photos or text affects the artist’s rights in the artwork. Adam Chin is a fine art photographer who spent a career as a computer graphics artist for TV and film. He was one of the original employees of Pacific Data Images, a pioneering computer graphics studio, which later became part of Dreamworks Animation. Adam did computer graphics lighting on the Shrek, Madagascar, How to Train Your Dragon, and Kung Fu Panda series of animated feature films. He will show images from his series Front and Profile and talk about the implications of working with AI, including racial bias, ownership, and accuracy.
Together, they will also talk about where AI is headed, highlighting things both cool and scary. Topics will include the reinvention of digital production workflows, and energy consumption by AI. Finally, they will delve into some of the deeper philosophical issues of what it means for AI to be intelligent, human, and/or conscious.
TO REGISTER:
Register through the Madelyn Helling Library’s website, https://nevadacountyca.libcal.com/event/15354085. Attendance may be in person at the Madelyn Helling Library, 980 Helling Way, in Nevada City, OR via Zoom from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. This free seminar is geared towards the non-legal community, although everyone is welcome. These seminars are designed for information only and do not constitute legal advice. The Zoom link and materials will be sent by the Law Library a few days prior to the seminar. Spaces are limited.