Spotlight Series July 2025: Should Artists Use AI?

You have probably seen it: surreal AI-generated cats in Victorian costumes or entire novels written in seconds. But where do artists stand in all this? I am personally guilty of following a lot of Instagram pages of AI created content of cats. But should we as artists use or support AI? Ethically, should we even do so?

Caliban in the Fine Dark Woods | Emma Rose Darcy

Alexander Fairchild received his invitation to the New Years Ball at the Collodi Manor with barely enough time to responde sil vous plait. It left no time to think, to consider the strangeness of the host, and to weigh it against the unlikelihood of his choice as guest. Fairchild was new in town, and although he was a handsome bachelor with rising social standing, he was so far down the ladder that the piece of paper in his hand had to be a mistake. It had to be….