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Greg Rutkowski Was Removed From Stable Diffusion, But AI Artists Brought Him Back - Decrypt (decrypt.co)
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Greg Rutkowski, a digital artist known for his surreal style, opposes AI art but his name and style have been frequently used by AI art generators without his consent. In response, Stable Diffusion removed his work from their dataset in version 2.0. However, the community has now created a tool to emulate Rutkowski's style against his wishes using a LoRA model. While some argue this is unethical, others justify it since Rutkowski's art has already been widely used in Stable Diffusion 1.5. The debate highlights the blurry line between innovation and infringement in the emerging field of AI art.

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago (14 children)

It is unconditionally impossible to own an artistic style. "Stealing a style" cannot be done.

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is drawing Mickey Mouse in a new pose copying the style or copying Mickey Mouse?

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The second.

I'm not sure how that's relevant here, though. There is nothing at all being copied but an aesthetic.

[–] tqgibtngo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There is nothing at all being copied but an aesthetic.

Although to me it is interesting that, even without literal copying, a generator might be capable of potentially emulating some key features of a specified source. Can this sometimes arguably extend beyond just "an aesthetic"? We've all seen examples similar to this one (from the SD online demo, default setting, with a familiar public-domain source) — https://i.imgur.com/PUJs3RL.png

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