The National Summit of the Analytics Association of the Philippines (AAP) focused on the effects of the rise of AI on various industries. The Filipinas Copyright Licensing Society, Inc. (FILCOLS) participated in the panel on the reactions of authors and visual artists in the book publishing industry to the coming of Generative AI tools on June 22 via Zoom.
FILCOLS executive director Alvin J. Buenaventura said that many authors look at AI as tools to help them in their writing projects. “We have members who use the premium version of ChatGPT to help them generate ideas for world-building and character profiles,” he added.
However, visual artists are more affected by image-generating AIs. According to Liza Flores, who was interviewed by Buenaventura prior to the summit, many visual artists are unhappy and do not support the use of these tools.
Some call image-generating AIs “extremely dangerous” because they are prone to be misused. If they are used for a long time, the artists end up not using their creative muscles and eventually just relying on images generated by AI.
Flores is a long-time member and past president of the Ilustrador ng Kabataan (INK), the country’s first and only organization dedicated to children’s books artists.
The AAP “is the enabling organization formed to take the lead in driving the growth and evolution of Analytics and Artificial Intelligence in the Philippines.”
The full videos of the two-day event may be viewed via this link,
https://www.facebook.com/AnalyticsAndAIAssociationOfThePhilippines/videos/2484091618419079