There's a middle ground between using tech with no regard to ethics and outright rejecting that technology. Those are the cheap, easy options. The hard work is in the middle, but we can do hard things. Don't take the easy way out.

And don't steal from artists.
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I reject this argument, and the broader attitude that technology advancement is inevitable and thus any ethical concerns must simply be sadly shrugged away. This is not true in AI ethics nor in space ethics. "Use new technology unethically or get left behind" is a false dichotomy.

In his op-ed, the filmmaker lists the ethical and practical issues with AI art, acknowledging that it "outright steals" the intellectual property of his "colleagues in the visual effects and graphics arts businesses." Then he shrugs and tells those same colleagues that they need to "adapt or die."

After the documentary premiered, the filmmaker even published an op-ed defending his decision to use AI art rather than commission or create other footage: Maybe it was a "Faustian bargain," he suggests, but it was the only way to afford his "much preferred workflow." www.space.com/entertainmen...

The filmmaker-- who I very much enjoyed working with-- chose to use AI-generated art as B-roll for much of the runtime. When I asked him about this after seeing an early clip, he framed this not as a choice but as an unfortunate consequence of budget limitations.

Check out the Outer Space Treaty if 1967! It’s very readable even for non-lawyers (like me), and explains how space travelers are subject to international law and must be supervised and authorized by their national governments (which is why SpaceX has to get FAA launch licenses).

What?! I had no idea that was happening. Glad there was someone in the audience who could recognize it!