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Stephen Downes

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What are the ethics of artificially generated content? This article focuses on art, but it could be anything, really, and where it focuses on (new and would-be) artists, we could think of it as applying to any student in any learning context. In particular, we could (and should) as what the difference is between a student looking at a wide range of resources and coming up with a project or presentation, and the same student using an AI tool to accomplish the same task. Sure, we'd like the student to do the work themselves, but isn't it a bit like training students in artisan crafts in a world dominated by manufacturing? Mean while, what is the artisan's standing in this new world? "Finding a moral reflective equilibrium requires locating a balance between general principles (creative freedom in art and technology, moral rights to one's creations, …) and particular issues (the nature of Internet, globalization, the business of imagery, censorship, …)."

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