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Wizards of the Coast admits AI used in marketing assets (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by MysticKetchup to c/[email protected]

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[–] zazo 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

The whole fuss around the Magic/Wizard of the Coast shenanigans is about an artist using the Photoshop AI fill tool that's trained on images 100% licensed by Adobe. Ie the mob does not care about the facts only about being outraged..

[–] MysticKetchup 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The fuss is that WotC said they were going with human art over AI art, used AI art for marketing, and then denied it when it was blatantly obvious. It's pretty understandable that a company that built its brand on gorgeous, original art would get blowback when it tried to use algorithmically generated content.

[–] zazo 3 points 10 months ago

Which is fair, I agree that they should have been honest from the start, but I can't envision a world where that also wouldn't have caused a riot. Shame it's impossible to know now.

[–] twoleggedmammal 0 points 10 months ago

That is useful context. Seems like WotC did the right thing here given their previous statement. There are better things to criticize then over then.