If you are somehow here expecting that we’re going to be speaking kindly about AI “art” in any capacity, please know that is not the case. Instead, we wanted to take this chance to give some information about what’s going on currently, what actual lawyers (instead of just People on Twitter) have to say about this, and maybe give some tips on how we can fight back against AI generated theft. Let us be very clear: we never have and never will support AI generated art.
We set up a $10,000 fund accessible to people tabling at upcoming conventions (and if funds are left over from con to con, we would roll this to the next convention as this won’t stop). These funds would be paid to artists in order to reimburse table costs, flights, and cost of shipping goods in return for a single commission, so they do not have to attend the convention. We are not a non-profit company and we cannot give free money to everyone; we can commission at a rate that exactly matches your expenses incurred by the convention.
