AI art used to illustrate ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ book draws backlash
An artist was discovered to have secretly used AI to create artwork for a Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook after a backlash against the book's publisher Wizards of the Coast. Shortly after the book's publication, fans took to social media to question whether the book art had been AI-generated, citing issues such as illustrations with malformed hands and feet. Some also questioned whether AI would take the jobs of artists and illustrators. California-based artist Ilya Shkipin subsequently admitted using AI to help generate 'certain details or polish and editing' several original illustrations and concept sketches for Bigby's Presents: Glory of the Giants! , arguing that a lot of painted elements were 'enhanced with ai rather than generated from [the] ground up.' The incident raised questions about the quality of the work, the ethics of using AI in a creative process, and the impact of the technology on jobs. Hasbro-owned Wizards of the Coast later banned the use of AI artwork in its products. System 🤖 Unknown Operator: Ilya Shkipin Developer: Country: USA Sector: Media/entertainment/sports/arts Purpose: Promote game Technology: Text-to-image; Generative adversarial network (GAN); Neural network; Deep learning; Machine learning Issue: Employment; Tr ansparency
- Date it happened
- 2023-08-01
- Organisation involved
- Ilya Shkipin
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