Humans created machines to do various work: to lift heavy weights, to go really fast, to fly, to float on water etc etc. It's not surprising that humans created machines that calculate real precisely, then machines that play chess and finally machines that create art. No surprises here. However, competitions have other purpose. I can easily "outrun" any marathon champion using a car (or even a bicycle... maybe). Will they admit me into marathon on a car? Of course not. I must run myself. So this case is real easy - the man was cheating and should return the prize.
mandmandam|3 years ago
Nope. He was upfront and honest before during and after the competition about his methods. This has been made clear in every article about this, as well as in this thread itself. People keep missing this point and it's irritating.
"Allen said that he made clear that his artwork was generated with Midjourney, an online AI art tool, when he was dropping off his artwork and in his narrative submission.
Olga Robak, the director of communications with the Colorado Department of Agriculture, confirmed that Allen mentioned Midjourney in his submission statement.
According to fair rules, anybody can file a grievance against submitted items — but they will need to post a $300 bond, cite specific rules that have been broken and present a grievance letter in person.
The bond can be returned if the grievance leads to a violation of the rules but Robak said a preliminary review showed Allen had not broken any."
wilsonnb3|3 years ago
Presumably the rules of the marathon say somewhere that you have to compete on foot.
If they don't, then yeah you should bring a car or a plane or a horse.
If you care about this sort of thing, just put 'no AI powered tools' in your art contest rules in the future and you will be good to go.