Thousands of artists are urging the auction house Christie’s to cancel a sale of art created with artificial intelligence, claiming the technology behind the works is committing “mass theft”.
The Augmented Intelligence auction has been described by Christie’s as the first AI-dedicated sale by a major auctioneer and features 20 lots with prices ranging from $10,000 to $250,000 for works by artists including Refik Anadol and the late AI art pioneer Harold Cohen.
It’s not gonna work. If these art AI thieves don’t care that they’re stealing then why would they care what the artists do or say?
Just because it’s not likely to stop the auction, doesn’t mean we shouldn’t scream loudly about it.