1.Sarhan, Habiba, and Simon Hegelich. “Understanding and Evaluating Harms of AI-Generated Image Captions in Political Images.” Frontiers, Frontiers, 1 Sept. 2023, http://www.frontiersin.org/journals/political-science/articles/10.3389/fpos.2023.1245684/full

Background: This article dives into AI being used to create misleading captions on social media posts.

How I used It: I used this article for my rough draft, and while it didn’t end up in my final draft it was still interestesting to see how AI has been used for fradulent and misleading purposes.

“Deepfake the Menace: Mitigating the Negative Impacts of AI-Generated Content.” Organizational Cybersecurity Journal: Practice, Process and People, http://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ocj-08-2022-0014/full/html#sec006. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

Background: This article goes into detail about deepfakes, where they came from, how to detect them, and how AI can produce them. It also brings up implications it has on society and privacy.

How I used It: I used this in my rough draft to bring up a specific example of how deepfakes can create false nude or explicit images of people to be used as blackmail.

Hutchinson, Clare, and Phil John. “AI: Digital Artist’s Work Copied More Times than Picasso.” BBC News, 19 July 2023, http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-wales-66099850.

Background: This article discusses artist Greg Rutkowski whos digital paintings have been mentioned in AI image generator promts over 400,000 times. The article raises the question if artists like Greg should be compensated or at least asked for permission before AI compiles all of their work.

How I used It: I used this to bring up the fact that AI image generation is not really unique or original and it basically just steals from other people.

‌Merchant, Brian. “AI Is Already Taking Jobs in the Video Game Industry.” Wired, 23 July 2024, http://www.wired.com/story/ai-is-already-taking-jobs-in-the-video-game-industry/.

Background: This article talks about videogame company employees who are concerned about the future of their job with AI in the workplace.

How I Used It: Used this article to highlight another way that AI is stealing from artists, many employees reported that their bosses were using AI in place of people who had been let go. This article helped me show that AI is being used to replace humans, not help them.

“The Birth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research.” The Birth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research | Science and Technology, st.llnl.gov/news/look-back/birth-artificial-intelligence-ai-research. Accessed 8 Dec. 2024.

Background: This article goes over the history of AI, and the first time it was used to emulate a human conversation on a computer.

How I Used It: I used this just to show how quickly AI has evolved and to support my claims that AI will rapidly evolve to a place of intelligence beyond our own.

Knight, Will. “Where the AI Art Boom Came From-and Where It’s Going.” Wired, Conde Nast, 12 Jan. 2023, http://www.wired.com/gallery/where-the-ai-art-boom-came-from-and-where-its-going/.

Background: This article goes over the history of AI generated images. It started with creating a zebra out of a picture of a horse, but it was fuzzy and unclear. It discussed other forms of AI generated content and the earliest ever images to be completely generated.

How I Used It: Also used this article to show how quickly AI is evolving, AI Image generation in particular has only been around for a couple of years.

Doucleff, Michaeleen. “The Truth about Teens, Social Media and the Mental Health Crisis.” NPR, NPR, 25 Apr. 2023, http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/04/25/1171773181/social-media-teens-mental-health. 

Background: This article talks about the effect of social media on teenagers and the drastic effects it could be having on their mental health.

How I Used It: I used this article to support my claims that like AI, social media can be devastating for mental health and push people into isolation. This is also to show previous forms of technology that haven’t had positive effects to highlight my fears of AI.

“Just How Harmful Is Social Media? Our Experts Weigh-In.” Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 14 Mar. 2023, http://www.publichealth.columbia.edu/news/just-how-harmful-social-media-our-experts-weigh. 

Background: Similar to my last resource, this article talks about solid evidence that social media is harmful to it’s users.

How I Used It: To show that previous forms of technology that have been integrated into peoples lives without much of a say, have been damaging to their mental health.

“Facebook Aware of Instagram’s Harmful Effect on Teenage Girls, Leak Reveals.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 14 Sept. 2021, http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/14/facebook-aware-instagram-harmful-effect-teenage-girls-leak-reveals.

Background: This article goes over employee leaks from Facebook that claim Facebook is aware of the negative mental health effects their app has on young woman, yet remain to do nothing about it.

How I Used It: Used this to show that even if the people developing AI knew about it’s dark potential, they would make it anyway.

Boehman, Craig. “In Defense of AI Art.” Craig Boehman, 13 June 2023, craigboehman.com/blog/in-defense-of-ai-art.

Background: Craig Boehman is a former photographer/current AI apologist who claims AI is good for art and helps him to create.

How I Used It: I proved him wrong by pointing out flaws in his biggest points and comparing his old art to his new AI art.