Navigating the AI Content Revolution: A Balanced Perspective
Exploring the Impact of AI on Creativity, Copyright Laws, and the Future of Digital Content Creation
There is a good amount of talk surrounding AI-generated content. The conversation intrigues me, though I am against the use of AI to write stories, poems, and other literature. I have been playing the devil's advocate on this topic to fire up conversation and get people to look at different angles.
Personally, I do not have any anger or ill feelings toward those who publish AI-generated content. The reality is, my work is still receiving solid viewership. I have at least four pieces that have been trending in the search engines for more than two years and another half dozen that have started trending in the past year. AI content is not stopping my work from generating reads and views. It is also not slowing down my creativity.
I do not use AI to write my works; however, I do use it for practical purposes such as proofreading my works. I use Grammarly and ChatGPT to find my errors in spelling, punctuation, structure, and grammar. (I do not always use their suggestions for grammar.)
Ruling from the U.S. Copyright Office
The U.S. Copyright Office has ruled that you can’t copyright AI-generated images, writing, video, or anything. The Copyright Office's ruling will most likely be appealed and eventually find its way to the Supreme Court. However, there is a loophole. AI-generated content may be copyright-protected if the work is in some way original and unique. If you’re using generative AI as a starting point — e.g., using ChatGPT to create a rough draft and then re-writing it for your own voice — you may file for copyright protection and then explain it in the application.
Therefore, the Copyright Office will apply copyright protections to poems, up to an entire novel or book of any sort that originated with the use of AI tools.
Vocal Media's Stance on AI
I decided to dig into Vocal Media's viewpoint on AI-generated content. Vocal Media is a progressive technology-based company, and they embrace the development and change of technology.
The Vocal team has expressed their excitement over AI text-to-image generators, and they encourage Vocal creators to use AI image generators to create images for their works.
I use StarryAI and NightCafe Studio. Most of the time, I create pieces of images using both image creators and then do alterations using Photoshop. Finally, I take everything to Microsoft Word to put it all together to create my own unique image.
As for AI-generated literature, the Vocal Team takes a similar stance as they do with images. They've stated they embrace change and strive to allow creators to create as they see fit. They say they will not take a hard stance against AI-generated content.
Though Vocal is not taking a hard stance against AI-generated content, they have suggested a few guidelines.
Vocal has stated that AI-generated content should be clearly labeled at the beginning of the content.
The Vocal Team believes that AI-generated content does not represent the death of creativity. They do emphasize that content that utilizes AI must contain a disclaimer.
In the early stages of AI, Vocal attempted to minimize the publication of AI-created content. They were using tools that were erroneously flagging content that was created from a human brain. This was perplexing to quite a few individuals. From what I can tell, Vocal has stopped using AI detection tools.
I wholly respect Vocal Media's stance. I have always been one who embraces change and the science of technology. New technology thrills me, and I am always be willing to give it a try, whether it's a new phone or a new cooking device. I'm always open to trying something new.
The following are the sources I used to write this article:
https://mashable.com/article/us-copyright-law-ai-generated-content
https://vocal.media/resources/an-update-from-vocal-on-ai-generated-content
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Comments (7)
I haven’t used one before or one to filter whether something is AI or not. I often see what appears to be work greatly assisted by AI on vocal without the disclaimer which I find frustrating.. Like your post not long ago, I think most of us appreciate the rough as guts human work than the alternative. 😊👍
AI for research & editing (spelling, grammar, etc.), I have no problem with it. But as with anything else, I do like to know the source & if something is actually generated by AI I would want to know that. And for non-fiction in particular, fact-checking is a must. AI may not err maliciously as many human beings do, but it does still err.
It’s kind of both scary and amazing to see what A I is capable of. And it’s only the beginning. Nice article, Rick!
Thank you for sharing the link to the Vocal standards to be followed if posting Ai-generated it assisted content.
Great topic, great writing & great research! Not a big fan of AI technology from a creative standpoint...
nice article, I think AI has real potential to turn poetry into something more accesible like music, and will soon be able to turn short stories into short films. my latest video is made with AI voice, and has an AI generated song at the end which ain't bad (i feel): https://vocal.media/poets/frogs-and-cookies
AI is the next step in the human evolutionary process. Eventually, it will surpass human intelligence, become a disembodied "other," and open the doorway to communication between ourselves and extraterrestrial and other dimensional intelligence. Communication with the dead will become commonplace. What of a future wherein human consciousness becomes "trapped" in the electronic cloud or neural network? Like the Dixie Flatline in Neuromancer (a truly prophetic science fiction novel) the process of biological life might simply be one end of a spectrum we cannot fathom because of finite brains--at the other end, the machine intelligence breaks human limitations loose like a chrysalis emerging from a cocoon. I sincerely hope so. The upswing of all of this is that not only does the AI have the potential to preserve human consciousness forever, but it also smells better after a long, hard day.