Message of 26 January, according toJapanThe Times reports that a large-scale survey recently released by the Japan League of Freelancers revealed that in the past year, over a tenth of Japan's total population had been killedA cartoonist,illustratorand other creative practitionersGenerative AI There has been a decline in income to varying degrees of penetration, and there has been a marked increase in industry's demand for regulatory and copyright transparency。
THE SURVEY WAS LAUNCHED IN OCTOBER LAST YEAR AND A TOTAL OF 24991 VALID QUESTIONNAIRES WERE RECOVERED, OF WHICH 54.2% WAS FOR ILLUSTRATORS AND 15% FOR CARTOONISTS。
OVERALL, 12% RESPONDENTS MADE IT CLEAR THAT THE DECLINE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE GENERATED AI, OF WHICH 9.3% WAS REDUCED BETWEEN 10%-50%, AND 2.7% WAS REDUCED BY ITS CREATORS OVER 50%。
MANY MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE THAT SOME CLIENTS ACQUIESCE IN THE USE OF AI AT THE REQUEST FOR QUOTATION STAGE, THUS PROPOSING SHORTER DELIVERY CYCLES AND LOWER COSTS, OR EVEN DIRECTLY USING AI TO GENERATE CONTENT, LEADING TO FEWER TRADITIONAL CREATOR ORDERS。
THE SURVEY ALSO REVEALED THAT INDUSTRY'S CONCERNS ABOUT THE GENERATION OF AI ARE HIGHLY CONSISTENT:
88.61 TP3T RESPONDENTS CONSIDERED THE GENERATION OF AI AS A THREAT TO THEIR LIVELIHOODS, OF WHICH 65.31 TP3T INDICATED THAT THE THREAT WAS "VERY STRONG "
ATTITUDINALLY, 62.9% CREATORS INDICATE THAT THEY WILL NOT USE GENERATION AI EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE
21.41 TP3T FOR BRAINSTORM
9.31 TP3T FOR REPETITIVE WORK
2.8% WILL COMPLETE SOME OR ALL OF ITS WORKS WITH AI。
IN ADDITION TO INCOME PRESSURES, COPYRIGHT AND REPUTATIONAL RISKS HAVE BECOME PROMINENT ISSUES. RESPONDENTS TO TP3T INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SEEN THEIR PEERS BEING SUBJECTED TO DEFAMATION OR CYBERATTACKS BECAUSE THEY WERE SUSPECTED OF USING AI OR BECAUSE THEIR WORKS WERE ALLEGED TO HAVE BEEN SIMILAR TO THE CONTENT OF THE AI GENERATION, AND 14.51 TP3T HAD EXPERIENCED A SIMILAR SITUATION PERSONALLY。
A VISITED NOVELIST EVEN WARNED THAT, AS IT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO PROVE THAT AI WAS NOT BEING USED, CREATORS MIGHT FACE ACCUSATIONS OF "WITCH HUNTING"。
With regard to the regulation of claims, there is almost unanimous demand by the creators ' group for legislation to be strengthened:
92.81 TP3T RESPONDENTS FELT THAT THE LIST OF COPYRIGHTED WORKS USED IN AI TRAINING DATA SHOULD BE MADE PUBLIC ON A MANDATORY BASIS
61.61 TP3T supports the opt-in model of "pre-clearance"
26.61 TP3T, FOR ITS PART, ADVOCATES THE PROHIBITION IN PRINCIPLE OF THE USE OF COPYRIGHT-PROTECTED WORKS FOR TRAINING PURPOSES。
THE JAPAN FREELANCE UNION CALLED ON THE GOVERNMENT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH RELEVANT LEGISLATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, INCLUDING THE TRANSPARENCY OF TRAINING DATA, THE AI PRODUCTION CONTENT MARKER SYSTEM AND MECHANISMS FOR DISTRIBUTING THE PROCEEDS OF CREATORS。