Here's an article that come up today: How AI art killed an indie book cover contest
So there was a contest to create a cover for the indie book Bob the Wizard. The rules stipulated no use of AI tools. The award-winning cover by an artist named Sean Mauss (attachment below) was immediately placed under suspicion of being at least partly manipulated by AI tools. Some internet sleuthing proved it. The author is now working with a different artist to replace the cover.
Things are a little messy right now. But reading though the article, I can't be mad at how the artist generated their award-winning cover. It's not like he just went to Dall-E, threw in a few prompts and posted what came out.
It reminds me of back when Tron wasn't even considered in the Oscar nominations for best visual effects, because the Academy felt that the use of computers was in some way cheating.
I can understand magazines placing bans on AI-generated stories. I could understand a contest banning completely AI generated images. But insisting there be absolutely no AI involvement in imagine generation feels a little Luddite to me. There are ways to use these tools that are unique and creative. I think the cover looks great.
So there was a contest to create a cover for the indie book Bob the Wizard. The rules stipulated no use of AI tools. The award-winning cover by an artist named Sean Mauss (attachment below) was immediately placed under suspicion of being at least partly manipulated by AI tools. Some internet sleuthing proved it. The author is now working with a different artist to replace the cover.
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Bob the Wizard’s cover was a hit. In May, it won the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off (SPFBO) cover contest, an annual competition run by author Mark Lawrence that highlights indie authors in the fantasy genre. But the victory didn’t last long. The same day the winner was announced, readers and fans on Twitter were questioning whether the art was created at least in part using AI tools. The incident highlighted a growing crisis of trust in science fiction and fantasy publishing: in a world where AI-generated media is common, do you know the work you’re looking at was made by a human? |
It reminds me of back when Tron wasn't even considered in the Oscar nominations for best visual effects, because the Academy felt that the use of computers was in some way cheating.
I can understand magazines placing bans on AI-generated stories. I could understand a contest banning completely AI generated images. But insisting there be absolutely no AI involvement in imagine generation feels a little Luddite to me. There are ways to use these tools that are unique and creative. I think the cover looks great.
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