Nothing beats the climb of serotonin, I think that the moment I would slide the final blow on my canvas, indicating that a work of art that I break in the past few hours is finally over. To finish something new each time, despite the exhausting process, means that bad posture and white nights are worth it.
This is why I was dismayed to see the recent Ghibli Ai Trend studio online. I have always loved the profession of Ghibli, with its fanciful representation of stories and the construction of the world. But the AI has led to continuous reproduction and even to the basastaurization of the artistic style of Hayao Miyazaki, encapsulated by false film screens.
Trends like this, even if they may seem harmless, perpetuate an environment where artists are exploited and neglected. High -rise Indignation of the artistic communityGenerative AI models accumulate their training data on the Internet, including, but without limiting themselves, the intellectual property of others, to produce a specified prompt. While copyright prosecution were won And Anti-ai techniques These trick algorithms to give defective results have been formulated, the detrimental use of AI remains widespread, extending to controversial practices such as bankruptcy.
Technological progress facilitates convenience and help us with difficult tasks. For artists, these innovations have even presented us more recent mediums for our works. But it starts to become a threat when they are preferred as faster and more effective substitutes For professionals who need the possibility of working to earn a living.
It led me, as well as my art colleagues Companies are starting to replace artists with AI. As a generating company of AI gain moreWe are worried in a losing competition against our technological counterparts. Faced with a capitalist society that prioritizes the effective generation of profits on something else, we are forced to live with paranoia than one day, the skills that we have perfected for so long no case do not mean anything.
Artists are only a few among those whose livelihoods are compromised in the AI era, but as more and more fields continue to integrate them into their tedious processes without regard to ethical standards, others can inevitably follow suit. AI must essentially remain a tool simply, and companies must ensure that its development and use do not contribute to the deterioration of human well-being. Stronger regulations must be promulgated to maintain this security, and ethical principles must be clearly defined to minimize concerns and risks. For creative industry, this can come from the legislation or the tightening of guidelines by the Bureau of the intellectual property of the Philippines.
I might be more delighted if a machine could make my auctions if I didn’t need to earn a living and compete with them on the market. But even so, I prefer to dwell on the immersive human experience that art creation has to offer to survive. For that, I handle my drawing pen, looking forward to the next wave of serotonin that I do not feel again. ●
Published for the first time in April 8, 2025, printed edition of the Collegian.