Sure it is stopped for now but I don't think they can stop this poison in the long term.

Now we get Mattel to stop using AI.

Good. As someone who's trying to get a job as a 3D modeller / animator, this makes me happy.

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Now how this new policy will reach other areas (not just the art show) like Mattel’s packaging design developed with AI, we just don’t know
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The CC could do that by sending them the new rules via email telling them to leave AI promted boxart at home. 🙂 

TBH this is the only thing that for me personally counts. I don't care about some Joe Shmoe that has a booth openly declared as AI with some cool looking stuff and maybe even some interesting explanations about the process behind.

The company that wants to go full commercial especially when partnered with a company of ill repute like Adobe is what should be banned from showing off any such stuff and everyone should be ballistic against.

I would like to know more about how Mattel’s designers exactly are using it. Like, the final illustrations are still done by people.
It’s possible they “only” use it to mock up ideas in the beginning. Or to help with the engineering if the package. I am desperately trying to give them the benefit of the doubt 😅

Regardless, I am very happy that NYCC is doing this. Selling art in the artist alley or even show floor, is very tough because it is hard to be accepted into it.
No AI artists means there are more of these ridiculously sought after slots for human artists.

Let Joe Shmoe sell prints if his MOTU fan art and make a few bucks (after paying $$$ for the booth), instead of AI tech bro Tyler.

Movies have regulated this $&@, let’s hope we can also do it for flat art. If we slow down the deluge long enough, there’s at least a chance it could happen.

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I would like to know more about how Mattel’s designers exactly are using it. Like, the final illustrations are still done by people.
It’s possible they “only” use it to mock up ideas in the beginning. Or to help with the engineering if the package. I am desperately trying to give them the benefit of the doubt 😅

Regardless, I am very happy that NYCC is doing this. Selling art in the artist alley or even show floor, is very tough because it is hard to be accepted into it.
No AI artists means there are more of these ridiculously sought after slots for human artists.

Let Joe Shmoe sell prints if his MOTU fan art and make a few bucks (after paying $$$ for the booth), instead of AI tech bro Tyler.

Movies have regulated this $&@, let’s hope we can also do it for flat art. If we slow down the deluge long enough, there’s at least a chance it could happen.

Generally agree; but this all screams like a developing "rules for thee but not for me" situation in which those that need it the least (the companies that use it for profit) get a free pass while people that just f around with it for non-profit fun use get the beratement; which ironically and not unlikely to be amplified by the same comes in favour of companies that uses it for profit.

@lurker-man Oh yeah this needs to apply to every entity and not just the “little guy”.

Those tables and booths though at these Cons can be very expensive (and extremely sought after). So they’re generally not just Joe Shmoes, they are selling their stuff for $ and are taking away booth space from artists who have worked for Filmation, for Marvel, … Even vintage artists.

To the untrained eye, it might look more impressive than what Joe *Artist* Shmoe is doing with his watercolors at the next table… or an artist who worked at Filmation. 
Meanwhile, it’s only a computer-generated pastiche of all that came before, used without permission.

And we train people’s eyes to say that, this is art. 
Whatever happens in future, at least let’s not accelerate it.

And yes, Billion Dollar companies that make art and toys should be the first ones to say No to it. Just like DC comics did recently.