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Illustrators who already have jobs and creations 'stolen' by AI: 'Fear of not being able to support myself'
The conversation that illustrator Lúcia Lemos, 30, had with a former client still echoes in her head.
“He told me that, no matter how good I was, my work was no longer worth hiring,” remembers Lúcia.
"He said: 'I hire you, and it takes you a week to make a drawing [for a book], now, I type a line of code and I get 20 drawings right away with artificial intelligence."
"Unfair" competition has affected Rio's illustrator's income considerably.
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When BBC News Brasil spoke to Lúcia, her expectation was to earn less than R$300 per month with the commissioned work.
Lúcia's example and the reports of other professionals show that illustrators are one of the groups of professionals in the creative industry who are at the forefront of the impact of the popularization of generative artificial intelligence (AI), that which creates new content, such as text, images, music, audio and videos, from a database.
Creative director and illustrator Wagner Loud, 33, says he has heard the same thing from former co-workers in São Paulo. In some companies, he says, illustration sectors have already been closed or reduced to a minimum.
"Those who used to sit down and think about art, with new ideas, now sit down and put keywords in the system to generate a new design. That's sad", comments Wagner.
The alarming situation has led to the creation of groups of artists who discuss the new scenario and propose finding solutions through proposed laws.
Singer and songwriter Marisa Monte is one of those who has used her voice to give visibility to the cause of artists, especially musicians.
She participated in a session in the Senate committee that discusses the bill that regulates artificial intelligence in Brazil, PL 2338.