Trust in Tech, Episode 9: Positioning Generative AI to Empower Artists

Welcome to the Trust in Tech podcast, a project by the Integrity Institute — a community driven think tank which advances the theory and practice of protecting the social internet, powered by our community of integrity professionals.

In this episode, Institute co-founder Jeff Allen and Institute member Derek Slater discuss the Creative Commons statement in favor of generative AI. Derek is a founding partner at Proteus Strategies, and, among his various hats, was formerly Google’s Global Director of Information Policy. 

As context: on Feb 6, 2023, the Creative Commons came out with a statement in favor of generative AI, claiming 

“Just as people learn from past works, generative AI is trained on previous works, analyzing past materials in order to extract underlying ideas and other information in order to build new works”

Jeff and Derek reflect on this statement: discussing how past platforms have failed and succeeded at working with creators, and musing on what the future of work could look like.

As a reminder, the views stated in this episode are not affiliated with any organization and only represent the views of the individuals. We hope you enjoy the show.

Credits:

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Today’s episode was produced by Talha Baig 

Music by Zhao Shen

Special thanks to Sahar, Cass, Rachel and Sean for their continued support