2024/07/15 by Gabriel Lima, Nina Grgić-Hlača, Elissa M. Redmiles +1 · 1 voice · 1 citation
Computer Science · Neuroscience · #Aesthetic Perception and Analysis #Digital Media and Visual Art #Law, AI, and Intellectual Property #cs.CY #cs.HC
paper · pdf · doi:10.1145/3706598.3713338
arxiv published 2024/07/15 · arxiv updated 2025/02/11 · openalex publication_date 2025/04/24 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Breakthroughs in generative AI (GenAI) have fueled debates concerning the artistic and legal status of AI-generated creations. We investigate laypeople's perceptions (N=432) of AI-generated art through the lens of copyright law. We study lay judgments of GenAI images concerning several copyright-related factors and capture people's opinions of who should be the authors and rights-holders of AI-generated images. To do so, we held an incentivized AI art competition in which some participants used a GenAI model to create art while others evaluated these images. We find that participants believe creativity and effort, but not skills, are needed to create AI-generated art. Participants were most likely to attribute authorship and copyright to the AI model's users and to the artists whose creations were used for training. We find evidence of egocentric effects: participants favored their own art with respect to quality, creativity, and effort -- particularly when these assessments determined real monetary awards.