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An unfortunate error...
🕑 Added 2023-06-27 15:54:10 +0000 UTCGreetings,
We at CHM do not support the AI art movement. We believe true art is a form of human expression and therefore must be created by human hands and human imagination. Unfortunately, on the print cover for issue #37, I paid to feature an art piece that utilized AI in its creation. I thought I had measures in place to avoid approaching artists that used such techniques, but the piece was not advertised as being created with AI. I don’t want to create an excuse, nor do I wish to shy away from the mistake I have made. It is only going to become more difficult to discern the differences between human and AI art as time goes on and it is the responsibility of those who publish to do their due diligence. This is something I promise to work harder on in the future. I have no intention to hide from my mistake, the print issues will still have to run with the original art. To hopefully bring awareness to the problem, the digital version of this month’s magazine will have the art redacted because, to us, no art is better than AI art.
Charles Tyra
Editor, CHM
Comments
Dan Anderson
“no art is better than AI art.” Kind of a myopic opinion.
Charles Tyra
Yeah, someone used one of the available tools to detect AI and messaged us through twitter. That tool will be one that I am using in the future!
Dan Mills
Between this and the recent decision to cease shipping/uploading to amazon, my pride in being a supporter of this magazine has grown exponentially. Your integrity is inspiring.
Barry Donnelly
Thanks for letting us know, I hope there will be better tools to detect AI in the future. How did you find out?
Trevor Chapman
I truly appreciate and respect your integrity with regards to this stance. I tip my hat to you sir!
Katrina Carruth
No worries on my end. I appreciate you being up front about it and feel for you and all the publishers who are having to deal with navigating this AI art issue
Jonny Gensler
I, for one, appreciate your transparency on this, Charles. Thanks for letting us know, and for doing your part in the rebellion against our future AI overlords. Seriously.
