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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 9313349" data-attributes="member: 18182"><p>I understand why many folks are uncomfortable with the rise in AI generated art. I'm super uncomfortable with the increasing prevalence myself. The ethics of how most (all?) art generation apps is highly problematic.</p><p></p><p>But the fact that AI art can be "good-looking" art and/or hard to distinguish from human-created art? Why is that so hard to accept?</p><p></p><p>Personally, I feel like I've developed a fairly decent eye for identifying AI generated art. But it took time, when AI art was first finding its way into RPG products on DriveThru and DMsGuild, I didn't even realize it was happening at first! And even now, I've labeled a piece as "that's totally AI generated!" only to be wrong. Or vice versa, convinced a piece is human-created, but again, wrong. And the tools are getting better.</p><p></p><p>If you are convinced that your own eye for distinguishing between AI-generated art and human-created art is nigh perfect . . . well, good for you! We all don't have your expert and discerning eyeballs.</p><p></p><p>And . . . it's not really super relevant to the OP article! Which is about using AI tools to create "DM assistants" or perhaps down the road, truly virtual DMs! I'm sure some of the ethical problems with AI art generators overlap with such virtual assistants, but . . . we are talking about different uses of similar technology.</p><p></p><p>Are you angry about Siri? Alexa? Or Google? When I ask Alexa to set an alarm for me . . . I'm using an AI virtual assistant. WotC is exploring expanding that sort of tool into the RPG game space.</p><p></p><p>Imagine if you could ask Siri how grappling works in D&D 3E during a live game, rather than looking it up yourself. Is that unethical?</p><p></p><p>What if you ask Google to create a fully fleshed out tavern, NPCs and all? You could do the same on your own, or by using a book that offers some random tables and example taverns, but is using an AI virtual assistant to create this sort of thing unethical?</p><p></p><p>Now . . . someday we are going to have to grapple with fully virtual DMs. Not today, the tech isn't there yet, but perhaps this time next year? (shudder) But as long as what feeds the virtual DM app is ethically sourced or created . . . what's the problem? I'd rather play with a live DM myself and if none of my friends want to "step up", I'm aware of lots of LFG (looking for group) apps and services to solve that problem, but . . . for someone who is perhaps cripplingly shy or struggles with social anxiety or has problems with social interactions . . . why not?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 9313349, member: 18182"] I understand why many folks are uncomfortable with the rise in AI generated art. I'm super uncomfortable with the increasing prevalence myself. The ethics of how most (all?) art generation apps is highly problematic. But the fact that AI art can be "good-looking" art and/or hard to distinguish from human-created art? Why is that so hard to accept? Personally, I feel like I've developed a fairly decent eye for identifying AI generated art. But it took time, when AI art was first finding its way into RPG products on DriveThru and DMsGuild, I didn't even realize it was happening at first! And even now, I've labeled a piece as "that's totally AI generated!" only to be wrong. Or vice versa, convinced a piece is human-created, but again, wrong. And the tools are getting better. If you are convinced that your own eye for distinguishing between AI-generated art and human-created art is nigh perfect . . . well, good for you! We all don't have your expert and discerning eyeballs. And . . . it's not really super relevant to the OP article! Which is about using AI tools to create "DM assistants" or perhaps down the road, truly virtual DMs! I'm sure some of the ethical problems with AI art generators overlap with such virtual assistants, but . . . we are talking about different uses of similar technology. Are you angry about Siri? Alexa? Or Google? When I ask Alexa to set an alarm for me . . . I'm using an AI virtual assistant. WotC is exploring expanding that sort of tool into the RPG game space. Imagine if you could ask Siri how grappling works in D&D 3E during a live game, rather than looking it up yourself. Is that unethical? What if you ask Google to create a fully fleshed out tavern, NPCs and all? You could do the same on your own, or by using a book that offers some random tables and example taverns, but is using an AI virtual assistant to create this sort of thing unethical? Now . . . someday we are going to have to grapple with fully virtual DMs. Not today, the tech isn't there yet, but perhaps this time next year? (shudder) But as long as what feeds the virtual DM app is ethically sourced or created . . . what's the problem? I'd rather play with a live DM myself and if none of my friends want to "step up", I'm aware of lots of LFG (looking for group) apps and services to solve that problem, but . . . for someone who is perhaps cripplingly shy or struggles with social anxiety or has problems with social interactions . . . why not? [/QUOTE]
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