As AI technologies rapidly advance, many artists understandably feel anxious about its impact on the creative sector. Media and tech companies often hype up Generative AI's “amazing” capabilities, fueling fears that human creativity could be replicated or replaced altogether. The goal of this workshop is to thoughtfully consider the pros and cons of Gen AI as a tool, and to evaluate its usefulness to the creative and non-creative aspects of being a cartoonist. In this workshop, we'll take a look at the current state of AI technologies and how they are already being utilized for comics, weigh the potential pros of using AI as an assistive tool against the (many) ethical considerations, and look at different ways that artists are fighting to protect their work online.
“The AI revolution is coming for comics. As creators, we can stick our heads in the sand, or we can get ahead of this, protect ourselves, and train ourselves to use these tools to our advantage. Susannah deftly weaves her way through the challenges and strengths of this new technology, and provides a giant first step along that path.”
Justin Hall, Chair of the MFA in Comics program at California College of the Arts
