How to determine Content Authenticity

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September 25, 2024
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As a teacher, is there any way to determine if a student is using generative AI to create some of their artwork? Are there telltale signs, OR would I need to spend time with prompts to see if I can recreate the artwork? Thanks

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Bobby Henderson

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AI can generate some interesting imagery, but there will almost always be some sort of odd-looking quality to the artwork, along with various technical glitches. AI struggles with a lot of the finer details. Very often the imagery has to be re-worked to be made production ready.

I attached an image from a project I worked on recently for a local Tex-Mex restaurant. The client had used some sort of AI-based tool to generate a somewhat abstract illustration of a young woman. They wanted the image to be part of their brand. I had to spend a good amount of time building clean vector art over the original image as well as correcting various flaws.

Obviously a bunch of people are trying to use AI as a cheat or crutch. It's not too difficult to spot the mistakes in it.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

You will not be able to recreate it with AI. THe AI will generate something different every time.

If it is precisee artwork, such as logos or icons, then it's easy: AI generated art will always lack the necessary precision. It will not have exact symmetry etc.

Pretty much always in AI generated art, shapes will be neighboured, not overlapping. So if none of the shapes overlap, then this makes it pretty certain that it has been generated. Unless Live paint has been used. But then: you never use Live paint on the complete image.

Anyway: if they are using LIve paint, ask your students to keep it live when handing in the assignment.

Also: you can make them hand in a written statement in which they sign that they have drawn everything themselves.

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media katAuthor

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Sorry, what do you mean by "in AI generated art, shapes will be neighboured, not overlapping"

What does "neighboured" mean?

Thank you

Monika Gause

Community Expert

When you draw manually, there will always be shapes stacked on each other partially or in whole.

Have you ever looked at AI generated artwork and moved the shapes apart? I would recommend doing it.

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