Dungeons and Dragons

I use Stable Diffusion daily. I’m vehemently against people spouting nonsensical fear mongering against AI. But I completely agree with the author here: a company using AI-generated images in a published book that they charge money for is despicable. AI should be a tool artists choose to use to enhance their workflow, just like Photoshop and tablets. It cannot and should not replace them entirely.

I had no idea that Hasbro had done this. Have they released a statement trying to justify this, or are they just hoping that nobody will care?

It sounds like Mattel will disallow the use of AI generated images in future official works:

The Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game franchise says it won’t allow artists to use artificial intelligence technology to draw its cast of sorcerers, druids and other characters and scenery.

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-dungeons-dragons-tells-illustrators-to-stop-using-ai-to-generate/

That’s why, in light of the recent revelation that Wizards of the Coast chose to include artwork that was at least partially “AI”-generated in the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons book Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants, I will not buy that book or examine any creature in it in this blog unless and until the art in question is replaced with entirely original art by a human artist.