Is AI generated artwork allowed on Steam?

[Psycho]

I want to get the public's opinion on something... Do you think AI generated artwork should be allowed on Steam? Why or why not?

But the main question I have is... Do you think AI generated artwork is CURRENTLY allowed on Steam? Steam hasn't addressed AI generated artwork at all, so I'd just like to get your guys' personal opinions, so...

Do you think it would be breaking any of Steam's content rules to upload AI artwork on Steam right now? Or is it completely allowed?

[Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥)]

As long as it doesn't violate any Rules that apply for any other Artwork as well i don't know why it shouldn't be allowed.

[Psycho]

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

As long as it doesn't violate any Rules that apply for any other Artwork as well i don't know why it shouldn't be allowed.

Cool thats what i was thinking too. The one part i was worried of is that when you upload steam artwork you have to check a box that basically says "This artwork was created by you". So that's where I got worried, because it technically wasn't "made" by me, I made it using AI... but I don't know

[ShelLuser]

Originally posted by Psycho:

The one part i was worried of is that when you upload steam artwork you have to check a box that basically says "This artwork was created by you". So that's where I got worried, because it technically wasn't "made" by me, I made it using AI... but I don't know

Yah, that's merely to cover for copyright issues. Don't look too much into that.

When I make a computer render using, say, Daz Studio one could argue that it was DS which "made" the render. Doesn't mean I'm not the author anymore ;)

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Psycho:

Originally posted by Unn4m3d (♥AUT♥):

As long as it doesn't violate any Rules that apply for any other Artwork as well i don't know why it shouldn't be allowed.

Cool thats what i was thinking too. The one part i was worried of is that when you upload steam artwork you have to check a box that basically says "This artwork was created by you". So that's where I got worried, because it technically wasn't "made" by me, I made it using AI... but I don't know

They don't check that unless they get a DMCA notice, then even then they just go by the notice.

[joridiculous]

If you told the "AI" what to make, then it is your(ish) work. And as long the 'art' created by an AI doesn't say anything about you're not allowed to share the work, you're free to do that.

Its a stupid misconception (and often a blatant lie) that an AI is "stealing" other artist work.

[Icarus]

Originally posted by joridiculous:

If you told the "AI" what to make, then it is your(ish) work. And as long the 'art' created by an AI doesn't say anything about you're not allowed to share the work, you're free to do that.

Its a stupid misconception (and often a blatant lie) that an AI is "stealing" other artist work.

This. SD was trained on terabytes of data, where are the terabytes of stolen pictures in its 4gb model?

[Crashed]

Originally posted by Icarus:

Originally posted by joridiculous:

If you told the "AI" what to make, then it is your(ish) work. And as long the 'art' created by an AI doesn't say anything about you're not allowed to share the work, you're free to do that.

Its a stupid misconception (and often a blatant lie) that an AI is "stealing" other artist work.

This. SD was trained on terabytes of data, where are the terabytes of stolen pictures in its 4gb model?

Of course Valve doesn't actively enforce third party copyrights.

[Icarus]

Originally posted by Crashed:

Originally posted by Icarus:

This. SD was trained on terabytes of data, where are the terabytes of stolen pictures in its 4gb model?

Of course Valve doesn't actively enforce third party copyrights.

There's no 3rd party copyrights to speak of in SD.

[peppermint hollows]

Regardless of what the rules actually are, Steam basically does not enforce the rules on artwork ownership whatsoever. There are tons and tons of accounts uploading uncredited artwork made by individual artists online, most likely uploaded without the artists' permission. Many of those accounts have uploaded tons of artwork that isn't their own and I have never seen any of them have action taken against them.

Valve probably only takes action if the owner themselves files a formal intellectual theft claim and I can't imagine most artists are perusing Steam looking for people stealing their artwork, and even if they are they might not even be bothered to go through the steps necessary to get Valve to actually do something.

So with that in mind - the assumption Valve only works based on reports from the actual artists - it's going to be basically possible for an artist to prove that a piece of AI artwork used any of their work for training the AI generation.

[sumolagann]

Originally posted by joridiculous:

If you told the "AI" what to make, then it is your(ish) work. And as long the 'art' created by an AI doesn't say anything about you're not allowed to share the work, you're free to do that.

Its a stupid misconception (and often a blatant lie) that an AI is "stealing" other artist work.

People train it on certain peoples art specifically to mimic it, then claim it's their art, which is pretty bad. To do it to a less focused degree and more general is similar, less bad, but opinions. Essentially it's stolen everybody's art as a collective and made it free use. You can train it on anything.

[Maria]

Originally posted by Psycho:

I want to get the public's opinion on something... Do you think AI generated artwork should be allowed on Steam? Why or why not?

I doubt that steam will officially take any stance regarding this and the ppl who turned the blind eye will keep using it anyway. Just so you know that wearing one means that you are supporting them.

[Chika Ogiue]

Also, keep in mind that has already been legally determined by several relevant agencies that AI generated work cannot be copyrighted. So in other words, other people can use your generated AI art however they want, and you have no legal route to stop them.