2024 Episode 9: Chris Aikman
A critical analysis of artificially intelligent art generators in the illustration field: Investigating authorship and the effects AI has on illustrators.
This episode features a conversation with Chris Aikman, a final year undergraduate student on the BA Illustration course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores the impact that AI art generators are having on the field of illustration.
In conversation with Chris are Dr Martyn Woodward and Chris Dennis
You can find out more about Chris’ work via his Instagram @chrisjaikman, his LinkedIn, or his website: www.chrisaikmanillustration.com.
If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:
- Baio, A. (2022) ‘AI Data Laundering: How Academic and Nonprofit Researchers Shield Tech Companies from Accountability‘, Waxy, 30 September.
- Rao, D. (2023) ’Building safe, secure, and trustworthy AI: Adobe’s commitments to our customers and community‘.
- Barthes, R. (1977) The death of the author. London: Fontana. pp. 142-148.
- European Guild for Artificial Intelligence Regulation (2023) EGAIR.
- Hagendorff, T. (2020) ‘The Ethics of AI Ethics: An Evaluation of Guidelines’, Minds and Machines, 30(1), pp. 99-120.
You can view some images of Chris’ work in the images below:
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