LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Artificial intelligence continues to grow and impact our daily lives. It also raises questions such as how to identify AI-generated images and protect artists’ work.
Sharon Kerrick spoke at Spectrum News 1 about finding the difference between real and AI-generated images. She teaches at the University of Louisville as Assistant Vice Chancellor for Digital Transformation.
“What we’re seeing now is being able to generate or transform something from the original art,” says Kerrick.
Every day something new is revealed about new technology. Today, I will show you an example of a photo.
“It looks very real and you can layer things on it,” Kerrick said.
At first glance it looks very real, but it is AI generated.
“But if you look closely, which most people don’t do, you can see little glasses on the side,” Kerrick said, pointing to the picture on the screen.
She said it’s not easy to spot fake images.
“An important indicator for discerning things is actually looking at the background and looking to see if something has background pieces or historical landmarks,” Kerrick said. “You know, in my mind, it doesn’t look like that again. Without that knowledge, it’s hard to put side by side in practice, and I’ve been fooled many times.”
Kerrick said that as more AI content emerges, some companies are investing in tools to eliminate fake images.
“Again, we talked about the new tools that are coming up, deepfakes, but we need to use them to analyze and uncover that information because we, the average person, can’t find it. because you can’t do it,” said Kerrick.
Professor UofL shares these tips for protecting your original work:
- watermark your art
- Put a copyright or original notice on your art
- Perform art through apps similar to deepfake detectors
