proposals<\/a> that clearly excludes AI
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The debate highlights a growing national question about the role of artificial intelligence in public art<\/p>\nLeaders called on artists to design a mural representing Oviedo\u2019s past, present and future.<\/p>\n
What the city received, however, was unexpected.<\/p>\n
Officials reviewing submissions for a new mural at Center Lake Park say several of the designs appeared to have been created using artificial intelligence instead of traditional artwork.<\/p>\n
The discovery raised concerns about fairness and originality in the public art competition.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, this turtle, the head on it is the head of a bird,\u201d said Oviedo City Council member Alan Ott while pointing out what appeared to be an AI-generated image.<\/p>\n
City leaders say many of the submissions were possibly created with artificial intelligence, placing the competition in an unusual position.<\/p>\n
\u201cWell, I said, you know, specifically if we paint this on the wall that we will be mocked,\u201d Ott said.<\/p>\n
During a city council discussion, one leader added, \u201cI personally, I would like to say no, I don\u2019t think there\u2019s not going to be AI on the wall when they paint it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Officials quickly realized that the original contest rules never specifically addressed AI-generated artwork.<\/p>\n
Because of that, the city is now turning to its Public Art Board to revise the guidelines.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey\u2019re going to do a new call for proposals with different rules that exclude AI specifically,\u201d Ott said.<\/p>\n
Ott says Oviedo takes pride in its public art, with works displayed in council chambers and leaders regularly encouraging community art competitions.<\/p>\n
But artificial intelligence is a new challenge that many communities are now facing.<\/p>\n
At the University of Central Florida, Prof. Matt Dombrowski teaches a course focused on the topic.<\/p>\n
“I teach a class called the Art of AI. It\u2019s about the approach,\u201d Dombrowski said.<\/p>\n
His students recently discussed a scenario similar to the one unfolding in Oviedo and concluded AI can be complicated when it comes to public art competitions.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of good things that came out of this,\u201d Dombrowski said. \u201cThe rules are going to be a little bit tighter. They\u2019re going to kind of understand what we are actually looking for this. So, we\u2019re going to make sure to communicate that next time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Oviedo is not the only Central Florida city to face controversy tied to public art.<\/p>\n
Last year, Apopka dealt with backlash after a downtown mural was accused of copying another artist\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
That mural was eventually painted over, and the city later cut funding to the organization involved.<\/p>\n
Luis Rivera, who has been working on a new downtown art walk in Apopka, says originality should remain the priority.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted this artwork to be 100% original. That\u2019s most important,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n
Oviedo leaders say they hope clearer rules will prevent future confusion as the competition moves forward.<\/p>\n
The winning artist will receive a $3,000 stipend along with up to $4,000 for materials.<\/p>\n
The new deadline<\/a> for submissions is March 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OVIEDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Oviedo city leaders are dealing with an unexpected controversy tied to the city\u2019s centennial celebration. What…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":186441,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[767,274,770,115,139,141,140,11881,1014,278],"class_list":["post-186440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-app-community","tag-app-top-stories","tag-community-news","tag-news","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-randy-rauch","tag-seminole-county","tag-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/186441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}