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Kelly McKernan says she “felt sick” when she discovered her artwork had been used to train an artificial intelligence system.
Curiosity spurred her to type her name into a website called Have I Been Trained, which searches LAION, a data set which feeds artificial intelligence (AI) image generators including Stable Diffusion.
She found over 50 pieces of artwork had been uploaded on to LAION.
“Suddenly all of these paintings that I had a personal relationship, and journey with, had a new meaning, it changed my relationship with those artworks,” says the watercolour and acrylic illustrator from Tennessee.
“I felt violated. If someone can type my name [into an AI tool] to make a book cover and not hire me, that affects my career and so many other people.”