23 Recent Articles about AI & The Arts

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Flora is building an AI-powered ‘infinite canvas’ for creative professionals – Tech Crunch 

UK ministers consider changing AI plans to protect creative industries – The Guardian

The New Leverage: AI and the Power of Small Teams - Jarango 

Not all creativity is worth saving – Fast Company

Christie’s AI Art Sale Defies Controversy, Surpasses Expectations - ArtNews 

A lab at the University of Chicago is protecting artists from theft by a new adversary: the machines – Chicago Mag 

Musicians releases a “silent record” in outrage at a proposed change to British copyright law – New York Times 

How AI can help in the creative design process – The Conversation

Dow Jones has quietly built an AI marketplace for publishers to license their content to corporations – Axios

A ‘True Crime’ Documentary Series Has Millions of Views. The Murders Are All AI-Generated – 404 Media

Hollywood writers say AI is ripping off their work. They want studios to sue – LA Times  

First Christie’s Auction Devoted Exclusively To AI Art Sparks Backlash – Forbes  

Oscars Consider Requiring Films to Disclose AI Use – Variety  

AI is turning the arts into a Waste Land – Washington Post

AI transparency framework in Design – UX Design  

Copyright Office Offers Assurances on AI Filmmaking Tools – Variety

Top 6 Examples of AI Guidelines in Design Systems – SuperNova

Denying Copyright for AI-Assisted Art Threatens Innovation – Data Innovation  

This play is a flawed look at AI – Washington Post 

Sotheby's to auction its first artwork made by a humanoid robot – CBS News

More than 10,500 actors, musicians and authors protest tech’s AI data grab - Washington Post

Exploring a digital music teaching model integrated with recurrent neural networks under AI – Nature  

AI and the Arts: What does this mean for future artists? – WUFT  

The Last Person on Earth

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Of any activity you do, ask yourself: If I were the last person on earth, would I still do it?  If you are alone on a planet a hierarchical structure makes no sense.  There’s no one to impress.  So, if you’d still pursue that activity, congratulations. If we were the last person on earth, would we still show up at the studio, the rehearsal hall, the laboratory?

Steven Pressfield, The War of Art

The artist is a collector

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An artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there’s a difference: hoarders collect indiscriminately, the artist collects selectively. They only collect things that they really love. There’s an economic theory out there that if you take the incomes of your five closest friends and average them, the resulting number will be pretty close to your own income. I think the same thing is true of our idea incomes. You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

Austin Kleon, How to Steal Like an Artist