How to Use AI for Your Art Responsibly

Tools for using machine learning to generate synthetic media are becoming more and more accessible. How are coordinated groups using synthetically-generated media and other media manipulation tactics to mislead and cause harm in society? How are researchers and digital platforms attempting to detect these media? And finally, how can we use AI technology responsibly for art and activism? This will be an interactive discussion, in which we'll explore case studies of synthetically-generated media in art, activism, industry, and society together. We'll highlight and discuss the ways in which AI can be used for good or bad, and all of the nuances in between-- for example, the ways in which a seemingly-harmless, benevolent use case can be repurposed by bad actors. Finally, we'll talk about best practices when using AI, especially for individual AI practitioners training their own networks.