{"id":5828,"date":"2025-10-09T18:08:51","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/president-dc-comics-never-use-ai\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:08:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T18:08:51","slug":"president-dc-comics-never-use-ai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musictechohio.online\/site\/president-dc-comics-never-use-ai\/","title":{"rendered":"President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At this year\u2019s New York Comic Con, DC Comics president and publisher Jim Lee made a striking announcement: that the company will \u201cnot support AI-generated storytelling or artwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNot now, not ever, as long as [SVP, general manager] Anne DePies and I are in charge,\u201d he added, as quoted by The Verge<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople have an instinctive reaction to what feels authentic,\u201d he added. \u201cWe recoil from what feels fake. That\u2019s why human creativity matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAI doesn\u2019t dream,\u201d Lee argued. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel. It doesn\u2019t make art. It aggregates it.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a refreshing sentiment, considering the Hollywood studio execs who have welcomed the controversial tech with open arms. While early attempts to harness the power of generative AI have turned out to be a headache<\/a> in practice, studios and investors alike are nonetheless chomping at the bit to turn the film industry into a conveyor belt of AI slop<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The comic book industry has been far from immune. Just last month, the late Marvel comic book legend Stan Lee was resurrected in the form of an AI-powered hologram<\/a> at the Los Angeles Comic Con, leading to backlash<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Lee\u2019s comments were reportedly well received and met with \u201ccheering<\/a>\u201d at the New York Comic Con panel discussion, highlighting growing disillusionment and frustration among fans of the ever-encroaching and seemingly unstoppable tide of AI sloppification.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a noteworthy commitment, especially given Lee\u2019s standing at the helm of the largest and oldest publishing company in the comic book industry. Could the tides finally be turning as public sentiment of generative AI continues to plummet<\/a>?<\/p>\n

Artists have long warned that AI poses a direct threat to the livelihoods<\/a> of creatives everywhere. That\u2019s despite worries that execs could be throwing out the baby with the bathwater. As Lee suggests, true human creativity, by definition, can\u2019t come from an AI, which was trained on a copious amount of material that predates it, and simply remixes it.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone can draw a cape,\u201d Lee said at the event. \u201cAnyone can write a hero. That\u2019s been around as long as comics have been. It\u2019s called fanfiction, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with fanfiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBut Superman only feels right when he\u2019s in the DC universe,\u201d he added. \u201cOur universe, our mythos. That\u2019s what endures. That\u2019s what will carry us into the next century.\u201d<\/p>\n

While many users on social media lauded<\/a> Lee for his latest comments, some took a more hesitant tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cJim Lee openly disparaging AI in no way guarantees anything, no one knows what the future of AI is and no one knows who will be in charge at DC Comics down the line,\u201d comic artist Evan Dorkin wrote in a post<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I think it\u2019s important that a popular artist publicly shot AI down,\u201d he added. \u201cFans and artists ignorant of or using AI need to hear this.\u201d<\/p>\n

More on comics:<\/strong> Stan Lee Resuscitated for AI-Powered Hologram at Comic Con<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

The post President of DC Comics Says It Will Never Use AI<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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