“Debate: should EA avoid using AI art outside of research?” by titotal

There is a growing movement to ban or discourage the use of AI art, citing ethical concerns over unethical data scraping, environmental cost, and harm to the incomes of real artists. This sentiment seems most prevalent in left-leaning online spaces like reddit and bluesky. Some are even starting to associate AI art with the far-right, with one popular article declaring it to be “the new aesthetics of fascism”.

As an example of how far this movement is spreading, the subreddit for the poker roguelike video game Balatro had a kerfuffle a few months ago, when a volunteer moderator for the subreddit stated that AI art was allowed. A person on bluesky screenshotted the post, and declared that if they had known the Balatro creator was okay with AI art, they wouldn’t have bought or own the game.

In response, the creator of the game stated that “Neither Playstack [...]

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First published:
April 30th, 2025

Source:
https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/ABzpzKFQhNxdEzayb/debate-should-ea-avoid-using-ai-art-outside-of-research

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