FILCOLS Shares Response of Authors, Visual Artists on the Rise of AI at the National Summit of the Analytics Association of the Philippines

 

FILCOLS and AAP. (Clockwise, from top left) Prof. Art Patungan, UST; Angela Chen-Delantar, moderator and founder of Eskwelabs; Prof. Abet Ongkingco, DLS-CSB; Prof. Michelle Alarcon, AAP president; Alvin J. Buenaventura, FILCOLS; and Prof. Robert Besana, APC. 

FILCOLS Shares Response of Authors, Visual Artists on the Rise of AI at the National Summit of the Analytics Association of the Philippines

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.”

FILCOLS is the organization established in 2008 to support the Philippine book publishing industry as the national collective management organization for text and images.

The full videos of the two-day event may be viewed via this link,

https://www.facebook.com/AnalyticsAndAIAssociationOfThePhilippines/videos/2484091618419079

Text by Alvin J. Buenaventura. This article may be re-posted as long as the author is acknowledged.