AI art

On November 26, 2024, a group of artists and hacktivists, including myself, took action to reopen #OpenAI's  technology to the public. We provided indirect access to #Sora, OpenAI’s video-generation model, through an open-source front-end on #HuggingFace. 🧵

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At the same time, we released a statement denouncing the exploitation of artists for R&D —as providers of training data and as PR tools for the “overlords of AI.” We called on artists to think beyond proprietary systems and #BigTech constraints.
--> https://artinthecageofdigitalreproduction.org
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exploring new human-machine interactions, pushing the limits of our respective creativity working with métiers d’art, AI algorithms, imperfection, nature

The #HuggingFace page and open letter quickly went viral. 
#OpenAI shut down the entire program three hours later—by then, 217 videos had been generated, queues had formed, and the results were widely shared online. The event received international media coverage.

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This raises key questions:

- How do we retain ownership of our data and creations?
- How do we ensure AI tools remain open and accessible?
- How do we prevent them from replicating the barriers and biases of society?

-- > https://artinthecageofdigitalreproduction.org
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Beyond technology, the artist is becoming a research lab for society. The traditional model of salaried work is declining, replaced by independent clusters working on a project basis. This is already happening in my practice at @aurecevettier.

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In this new framework, how do we form a society and a shared narrative? How do we contribute to change and repair the world, even on a small scale?

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"I am committed to contributing to the real world as an artist, helping to gradually repair it."

Thread based on an interview of @aurecevettier by Jérôme Sans, Jan 2025.

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Great!  And thank you!  Screw OpenAI. 

Hugging face has models I prefer anyway, but, since it’s become obvious that no authority is going to take justice for the non consensual scraping, this type of action is the only recourse available.