Why Dave Rapoza left Magic: The Gathering (it’s AI)
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 Published On Jan 8, 2024

Dave's YouTube:    / @daverapoza  
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Dave invents fan art
03:50 Dave invents livestreaming
08:00 Dave invents depressed skeletons
09:45 The Magic: The Gathering AI controversy
14:30 Dave stops working with Wizards of the Coast
19:25 AI and artist solidarity
21:40 Wizards confirms AI was used
24:25 Generated madness
26:30 Legal protections and lawsuits
28:43 Glaze & Nightshade
38:20 The Kim Jung Gi postmortem AI model
43:00 What you lose out on by using AI
55:40 Authenticity of perspective in art
57:43 What's next for Dave
1:03:26 The most important thing you can do in the face of AI
1:12:30 The importance of failure
1:18:26 Advice for new artists in the time of AI
1:23:45 Outro, where to find and support Dave

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Generative AI Has a Visual Plagiarism Problem: https://spectrum.ieee.org/midjourney-....

Try Glaze: https://glaze.cs.uchicago.edu/index.html

Read about Nightshade: https://www.technologyreview.com/2023...

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