{"id":206752,"date":"2022-11-17T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T05:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=206752"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:20:17","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:20:17","slug":"ai-revolution-threat-or-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/ai-revolution-threat-or-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"The AI \u200b\u200brevolution: is it a threat or a tool?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By now, it\u2019s fact that technology is advancing at an incredible rate<\/strong> with artificial intelligence (AI) having completely transformed many processes we\u2019ve become used to performing automatically. There was once a time when we believed that the creative part of our beings was irreplaceable, as that\u2019s what makes us really human. Right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, a new player has entered the arena<\/strong> while others look at it suspiciously<\/a>. Some state that artificial intelligence will eliminate jobs, while others praise AI as a tool: which statement holds the truth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is AI?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Artificial intelligence, or AI, has made a massive leap from the realm of science fiction<\/strong> to reality. Yet, how does it work, exactly?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An AI uses a combination of formulas and algorithms<\/strong> to establish a machine that mimics what human beings are capable of (sometimes exceeding them). As hard as it is to believe, AIs are present in almost every moment of our lives. Some examples of devices using AI are facial detection on smartphones and virtual assistants like Alexa<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you look at it realistically, the cognitive processes of humans<\/strong> don\u2019t govern AI. That\u2019s what makes it so efficient when it comes to complicated mechanical tasks, while it may fail at more abstract tasks. Well, such was the case until today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Image and writing generators: the death of creativity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Our smartphones, tablets, and PCs have already become everyday tools similar to the purposes of a canvas or brush in reality. Today, digital art clearly dominates creative mediums thanks to diverse benefits. For example, better and faster results<\/strong> and improved versatility. It\u2019s not simply visual art that has gained an advantage from the leap to the digital realm. Other tasks have also become unthinkable with using a computer, such as video editing, writing, or photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter how you look at it, AI has always been present in our lives in the last decade or so, albeit in secondary roles. It made our daily lives so much easier in many aspects, even if we weren\u2019t aware of it. However, AI is no longer satisfied with being a walk-over, aiming to take the leading part in our lives<\/strong>. If you take the Knowledge Engineering Institute<\/a>, AI has proven that it\u2019s capable of writing its own Don Quixote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are other platforms that are just as powerful in the image industry<\/strong>, such as DALL-E<\/a>, Stable-Diffussion, and Midjourney. With only a text description or prompt of what you want the image to look like, the virtual machine will take care of the rest for you. While many of the results are precise or perfect, it\u2019s an indication of what\u2019s to come in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tend to transform the reality around us with our experiences and senses<\/strong>. AI performs the same task via mathematics<\/strong>. The input fulfills that function, condensing the best representation of the image as if it was an equation to create something completely new as a result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feeding the beast<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This act of transforming concepts and ideas into tangible objects<\/strong> is an activity that needs prior documentation. While it\u2019s a fascinating notion to make something new from nothing, that\u2019s generally not the case. The environment nourishes your mind and imagination, and many references are within your creations, even if it wasn\u2019t intentional. AI works in the same way, or at least similar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AI uses massive banks<\/strong> of data to learn, which is called machine learning. Just like an artist, artificial intelligence uses references from data provided online, using it to create images, text, and videos. Meta is developing AI for making videos<\/a> as we speak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s an ethical discussion about these so-called data banks, though. When it comes to artistic illustrations, many artists are now noticing many of their work being utilized without permission in an effort to train these AI platforms. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Add to this the fact that artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly better at creating enhanced images<\/strong>, we\u2019ve basically created a scandalized industry where their work is in jeopardy. When you look at artists like David Rubin or Jon Juarez, you\u2019ll notice how vocal they\u2019ve become about the topic and clearly show they\u2019re against it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, there are some people in favor of it. Some creators see AI as another tool that can improve artistic creation. Some mention photographic disruption while others mention the appearance of Adobe Photoshop<\/a> as examples. However, we still hear that digital art is not true art or using autotune doesn\u2019t mean you can sing?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much as we don\u2019t want to admit it, AI is here to stay. Yet, it\u2019s also true that it needs to comply with the laws pertaining to intellectual property<\/strong>. We need to have better regulation of AI if we want to live with it in harmony in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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