GAN Artwork Won First Place at State Fair Competition
August 29, 2022
An artwork generated using generative AI won first place in the digital arts category of the Colorado State Fair's art competition, which raised concerns surrounding labor displacement and unfair competition.
- Alleged deployer
- jason-allen
- Alleged developer
- midjourney
- Alleged harmed parties
- artists-submitting-in-the-digital-arts-category, digital-artists, artists
Source
Data from the AI Incident Database (AIID). Cite this incident: https://incidentdatabase.ai/cite/369
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