Building Trust...

​Building trust in a world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not easy.  With that in mind, what is the policy at ART DOLLS Magazine regarding AI?  It is this - AI is here to stay but it is only a Tool not the Answer.
 
First off, we need to know the difference between AI and programming.  Most graphic software uses some form of automation (to enhance sharpness, color, or movement). These are programs within the software designed for these purposes.  To add a twinkle in the eye or to smooth out a line drawing – that is programming.

AI is automation at a level of where you could tell the computer to make me an image of a person doing something and you could end up with a realistic image of someone drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.  The program made all of the decisions within the guidelines you established. 

​At ART DOLLS Magazine, AI will not be used to create realistic images of people, but may be used to enhance graphic images such as this heart warming puppy. (Do you know how hard it is to make a puppy sit still and how many pictures it would take to get the right look... let alone go find a puppy when you don't own one?)

​We will not use AI in writing articles for the magazine and writers submitting an article must state that AI was not used to write the article or generate a doll image.

​It also means when ART DOLLS Magazine publishes Updates, Posts, and in each issue of the ART DOLLS Magazine it does not use AI when using doll images or people.  There is no question of “is this AI or not?”  If it looks “real”, it is real.

Because of that, when it is time to get out information sometimes there needs to be a catchy image to go with it.  Then we use clip art and sometimes AI generated images but only when there is no doubt that the image was AI generated.  That is why the cartoonish graphic art look to the images.  It is intentional.  Just as the graphic art of “Tony, the Tiger” was created for Cornflakes and the three little chefs for Rice Krispies cereal created with computer software to make them move, AI may be used to catch your eye, but never to mislead you here at ART DOLLS Magazine. ​

​In this world where it is going to be harder to know what is real and what isn’t, ART DOLLS Magazine doesn’t want to add to that confusion.  When people send in their images, we will use them.  We will use graphic programs for enhancements, such as removing backgrounds, but we will not generate “real looking” people or dolls for promotion or articles.  This is the trust we at ART DOLLS Magazine hope to build through understanding what it is real and true to the ART of communication.

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