Théâtre D’opéra Spatial by Jason Allen // 1st Place
His winning entry “Théâtre D’opéra Spatial” was made using Midjourney, an artificial intelligence system that enables images to be created simply by inputting a few text prompts – for example “an astronaut riding a horse”.
Many artists were furious, but Mr Allen was unmoved: “It’s over. A.I. won. Humans lost”, he told the paper.
Mr Allen earned just $300 (£262) from the contest, but the news struck a tender nerve.
He suggests they find opportunities using the new technology: “This is a sector that’s going to grow massively. Make money from this sector if you want to make money, it’ll be far more fun”.
AI Generated LOAB / @supercomposite / Twitter
Some artists were already fearful that a new breed of AI image generator could take their jobs, and take a free ride on the years spent learning their craft.
“This thing wants our jobs, it’s actively anti-artist”, wrote California-based movie and game concept artist RJ Palmer in a Tweet liked more than 25,000 times.
A new AI image generator appears to be capable of making art that looks 100% human made. As an artist I am extremely concerned. pic.twitter.com/JUSW0x8Woa
— RJ Palmer (@arvalis) August 14, 2022
What makes this AI different is that it’s explicitly trained on current working artists. You can see below that the AI generated image(left) even tried to recreate the artist’s logo of the artist it ripped off.
This thing wants our jobs, its actively anti-artist. pic.twitter.com/4zXDeaIUzw
— RJ Palmer (@arvalis) August 14, 2022
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