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Show notes:
0:00 Inha Cha’s comments on the takeaway she hopes listeners have to the panel discussion
0:30 introduction by Stephanie Drawdy
2:10 introduction by Haneen Alkenany
2:42 introduction by Inha Cha
3:30 introduction by Patrick McGranaghan
4:30 HA–research with visual artists on use of AI in light of creative cognition theories on divergent thinking and convergent thinking
8:00 IC–research around selective choices of AI use in the workplace in light of questions around agency and identity
10:00 HA–mixed opinions by creatives on AI use
10:35 IC’s co-authored article entitled “The Values of Value in AI Adoption: Rethinking Efficiency in UX Designers' Workplaces” – workers as artisans seeking greater agency per Economist Joan M Greenbaum (1979. In the name of efficiency: Management theory and shopfloor practice in data processing work. Temple University)
13:50 HA–AI use as part of the creative process based on artists’ personal choices of when and how to use AI
15:10 PM–paradox created by AI: need to understand AI outputs to actively avoid AI patterns and to avoid having their works seen as less valuable if suspected to be generated by AI
18:15 PM-ChatGPT's use of Studio Ghibli
19:10 Emily Gould–increase in value of human-created work
19:50 use of GI indicator model to mark / certify human-authored work
20:30 PM–Christopher Nolan’s choice not to use AI in upcoming film, The Odyssey
22:00 HA–decision when to use AI depends on the context
23:00 IC–design life cycle for introduction of AI features and value of AI for users
26:00 HA–creators’ use of AI as a controlled collaborator but not decision-maker
27:00 Gould–view of AI as just another tool
27:50 HA–democratization through AI
28:50 IC-AI-generated actor as an ex. to question who is benefiting from AI democratization and the need for balance
31:15 IC–her article’s use in AI training based on platform's general consent language – ex. of how ‘consent’ is being stretched without creators having a voice in how their content is used
34:10 PM–public outrage response to use of creators’ work without consent, e.g., IG’s withdrawal of terms and conditions that allowed use of anyone’s photos after Twitter backlash erupted to those terms and conditions
36:20 EG–Adobe’s use of data without consent
37:35 PM–violations by platforms like IG and Adobe
38:35 EG’s question to HA about creatives’ view of their work used in training data
41:25 PM–UK collective management organisation Design and Artists Copyright Society (DACS)’s efforts to ensure dark patterns not used
42:45 HA–exaggerated fear of AI in her perspective
43:40 PM and HA on AI stages like the ideation cycle versus the story/experience and artist's intent behind their work
46:15 PM–posthumous rights in light of AI, e.g., Osamu Tezuka x AI Project
49:00 PM–AI-generated work based on Ansel Adams’ work without permission of AA Foundation
50:00 EG and PM-distinction between posthumous creation without AI versus with AI
53:00 IC–closing comments
53:30 HA–closing comments on creators’ thoughtful use of AI and HA’s personal use of AI
55:10 PM-closing thoughts
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