{"id":333038,"date":"2026-03-11T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/333038\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T07:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:00:28","slug":"im-both-amazed-and-furious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/333038\/","title":{"rendered":"‘I’m Both Amazed and Furious’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tJack Conte<\/a>, co-founder and CEO of creator-monetization platform Patreon<\/a>, shared a lengthy rumination on artificial intelligence and the future of creative work in a new video.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the 43-minute video<\/a> posted Tuesday, Conte argues that the future of creativity will remain human at its core, even as AI becomes ubiquitous. He says that the key issue is whether creators will receive consent, credit and compensation from AI-driven content enterprises.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cMy overall take on AI right now is that I\u2019m both amazed and furious,\u201d Conte says. \u201cI\u2019m amazed at the technology\u2026 But as a creator, I\u2019m angry that we aren\u2019t being paid for the value that we created for these models.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCreators deserve consent, credit and compensation,\u201d says Conte. \u201cConsent meaning, \u2018Do I get to opt out of my work being used by these models as training data?\u2019 Credit meaning, \u2018If my work is used and you just replicate my whole vibe as an artist\u2026 do I get credit for that?\u2019 And then compensation, meaning, \u2018Do I get paid when that happens?\u2019 Unfortunately, the answer to all three of these questions right now is a big fat \u2018No.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tConte notes that while some big publishers and copyright holders have struck licensing agreements with AI companies, independent creators largely lack the leverage or resources to negotiate similar deals. Right now, there\u2019s no structural system ensuring creators participate in the upside. \u201cIf fair use is a legit argument to use creator work for free, why are AI companies paying some rightsholders millions of dollars for their work?\u201d Conte asks in the video.<\/p>\n

\n\tConte was an early YouTube creator and touring musician (with Pomplamoose and Scary Pockets), who co-founded Patreon in 2013 after becoming frustrated with the challenge of earning a living on YouTube. Patreon takes a cut of creators\u2019 paid-membership revenue, ranging from 5%-11%, plus payment-processing fees and other fees. The company says it has more than 300,000 creators on its platform who collectively have more than 10 million fans as paid monthly subscribers.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the video, Conte emphasizes that Patreon is not anti-AI \u2014 and that the company itself uses AI tools. Patreon does not not prohibit creators from using AI tools in their workflows, as long as they follow its community guidelines. Meanwhile, Patreon is using AI internally to improve its products and operations.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut, he says, without intentional economic design, creators risk being left behind. \u201cWhat matters is ensuring that there\u2019s a societal incentive around novelty creation so that humanity can continue to progress forward,\u201d Conte says.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs far as Patreon\u2019s policies regarding AI, the company says it does not use creator work to train generative AI models (i.e. LLMs or image generators) that allow other people to replicate a creator\u2019s work. In addition, it says it is \u201cactively combating\u201d AI-generated spam, bots, scraping and \u201cexploitative misuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPatreon is not using creator artwork to train gen AI models like Suno or Midjourney that would allow other people to replicate your work,\u201d Conte says in the video. \u201cThat\u2019s not our business. It\u2019s not what we\u2019re here for. Just straight up not happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tConte says he believes that \u201chumans will make and consume art made by other humans for a long, long time.\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe craft and the day to day of what it means to be an artist is going to change a lot over the next 10 years,\u201d he says in the video, \u201cbut the big questions will remain: Do you have something to say as an artist? Are you actually connecting with people through your work?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jack Conte, co-founder and CEO of creator-monetization platform Patreon, shared a lengthy rumination on artificial intelligence and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":333039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[345,343,344,85,46,163916,45322,125],"class_list":{"0":"post-333038","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-il","12":"tag-israel","13":"tag-jack-conte","14":"tag-patreon","15":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=333038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/333038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/333039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=333038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=333038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=333038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}