Moynihan comment hit me hardest. Back in the 80s and 90s, at my investment banking firm, for Trust and security services I could pick from Citibank, Chase, Morgan, Chemical, ManyHany, Bankers Trust, and BNY. Quality institutions, all. Places where I can still remember the full names of the account representatives I worked with.
In today's environment, I haven't a clue who I would use, where I would go. Financial institutions are just like the current administration and the American oligarchs. They don't have a care in the world about people, customers, long term relationships!
Before AI, a thieving showman named Richard Prince became famous and rich for re-photographing photographs by commercial photographers - such as those created the Marlboro Man ads. Famous museums exhibited them and major galleries sold them. A lot of art market / art history clap-trap about appropriation defended and valorized what Prince was doing. It seemed ethically different from Duchamp's urinal and Warhol's soup can. What is being done with AI seems different too.
Yes, the history of art is replete with borrowing of all sorts. The development of mechanical means of reproduction continually raise questions about 'authenticity'. And now AI generated works. It gets complicated. Even copyright law and notions of 'fair usage' struggle to safeguard rights of creators - to their own works.
In case you missed Michael DeAdder's post today, his work was used by AI to alter one of his editorial cartoons that was copyrighted. There are no laws in place to prohibit this, so beware. Michael posted his original cartoon and the A.I. altered version here. https://deadder.substack.com/p/this-is-outright-stealing
Higher profits to be reaped by the few, at the expense of the many workers cut for said profits. As this trend moves through the various affected industries, where are these former workers supposed to go for gainful employment?
My fear is--how quickly will this merely become the norm?
It appears to be happening with lightning speed.
Both sad and terrifying.
Yes, in hours it seems! We need to work on this and fast!!
Hey, J. O.
Re. your final plate:
Moynihan comment hit me hardest. Back in the 80s and 90s, at my investment banking firm, for Trust and security services I could pick from Citibank, Chase, Morgan, Chemical, ManyHany, Bankers Trust, and BNY. Quality institutions, all. Places where I can still remember the full names of the account representatives I worked with.
In today's environment, I haven't a clue who I would use, where I would go. Financial institutions are just like the current administration and the American oligarchs. They don't have a care in the world about people, customers, long term relationships!
But, you brought back fond memories.
Thank you for that!
Best... /g
Hey Steve.
Forgive my erroneous reference, please.
I follow you and Ohman religiously, and I got caught up in my recollections of decades ago. My bad!
Best regards, always…
/g
Oh I’m good. If this trend continues, I’ll wind up in a nice house in Sacramento with a full head of hair.
See the drawing someone stole from political cartoonist Michael DeAdder and the thief's AI version.
This is outright stealing
.https://deadder.substack.com/p/this-is-outright-stealing?publication_id=503417&utm_campaign=email-post-title&r=dvsxz&utm_medium=email.
Saw that earlier! Just awful and scary, too!
Before AI, a thieving showman named Richard Prince became famous and rich for re-photographing photographs by commercial photographers - such as those created the Marlboro Man ads. Famous museums exhibited them and major galleries sold them. A lot of art market / art history clap-trap about appropriation defended and valorized what Prince was doing. It seemed ethically different from Duchamp's urinal and Warhol's soup can. What is being done with AI seems different too.
Yes, the history of art is replete with borrowing of all sorts. The development of mechanical means of reproduction continually raise questions about 'authenticity'. And now AI generated works. It gets complicated. Even copyright law and notions of 'fair usage' struggle to safeguard rights of creators - to their own works.
In case you missed Michael DeAdder's post today, his work was used by AI to alter one of his editorial cartoons that was copyrighted. There are no laws in place to prohibit this, so beware. Michael posted his original cartoon and the A.I. altered version here. https://deadder.substack.com/p/this-is-outright-stealing
Higher profits to be reaped by the few, at the expense of the many workers cut for said profits. As this trend moves through the various affected industries, where are these former workers supposed to go for gainful employment?