The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.
I work in an industry that will be heavily effected by AI over the next few years. My own opinion is that if you do not embrace and understand AI in your workflow, as a digital creative, you will be left behind. It is one thing to ban AI in your domain, like Hasbro has done, but a different matter where you are competing with other companies or creatives for the same business.
The other issue with ai art folks seem to be forgetting is, in the US at least, it can’t be copyrighted. The law is still fuzzy right now, but no company is gonna want to risk using anything they might not be able to copyright.
Of course not, they want new stuff; artwork that evolves over time and feels fresh. Automatic generative art algorithms aren’t capable of that.
That’s not why at all. This happened because someone published AI art with a wonky limb and people noticed. “Generative art algorithms” are completely capable of producing art that feels new and fresh. The biggest problem with them currently is producing art that is undetectable as AI art.
The biggest problem with them currently is producing art that is undetectable as AI art.
I don’t really buy that for the most part. A lot of generative AI art looks real generic and undetailed. It could very well pass for human art but I’ve yet to see anything that looks good.
That’s fine, I don’t need their artists to illustrate anything for the characters I play or adventures I run. I do it myself with Stable Diffusion.
Sure, that’s great. However this is in regards to material published by Hasbro. Were I an author, I would want to employ an actual illustrator or artist to work on my material that’s published to an audience.
I believe it’s a good thing that Hasbro has taken this stand; that artists should be employed to illustrate their material.
Which is exactly what the article said. Hasbro said artists for their D&D products will not use AI.