Posted 1/11/2024, 3:49:17 AM
AI Completion of Keith Haring Artwork Sparks Backlash Over Disregarding Meaning and Consent
- An X user "completed" Keith Haring's intentionally unfinished Unfinished Painting (1989) using AI, generating backlash for disrespecting the work's meaning about the AIDS crisis
- Another user made a tone-deaf joke about Haring being "happy" with the AI completion according to ChatGPT
- This follows controversies about AI art scraping training data without artist consent
- OpenAI admitted it's "impossible" to train AI without using copyrighted materials
- An X user called the AI "completion" abhorrent for negating the work's original meaning about AIDS deaths