{"id":580732,"date":"2023-06-30T02:30:27","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T23:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/"},"modified":"2023-06-30T02:30:27","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T23:30:27","slug":"how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/","title":{"rendered":"#How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b54bb1ed5\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a23b54bb1ed5\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/#The_Legality_of_AI-based_Creations\" >The Legality of AI-based Creations<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/#What_do_Design_Awards_have_to_say\" >What do Design Awards have to say?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/#How_should_you_proceed_if_you_want_to_participate\" >How should you proceed if you want to participate?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/#The_Best_and_Worst_Case_Scenarios\" >The Best and Worst Case Scenarios<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/#What_the_future_will_look_like_in_an_AI-driven_world_Opinion\" >What the future will look like in an AI-driven world [Opinion]<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"single-box clearfix entry-content\" style=\"max-width:1050px;\">\n<input class=\"jpibfi\" type=\"hidden\"><\/p>\n<p><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-441774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_1.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload alignnone size-full wp-image-441774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"854\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_1.jpg\"><em>Disclaimer: This article comprises snippets from interviews with organizers of a few leading design competitions. The views in this article belong solely to the writer and aren\u2019t representative of the design competitions themselves. All snippets are inserted in \u201cquotes\u201d for your convenience.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the 16th of April this year, the obvious h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ened. By \u2018obvious\u2019, I mean a controversy surrounding the use of AI tools, which have seen a dramatic rise in popularity since last year. Boris Eldagsen, a German photographer, admitted to using an AI-based image generator to create an image that he then enrolled for the Sony World Photography Awards. The controversial part is that he won the award, having somehow skirted scrutiny by Sony and even its esteemed jury panel. On his website, Eldagsen issued a statement refusing to accept the award, saying that he \u201capplied as a cheeky monkey\u201d to find out if competitions would be prepared for AI images to enter. \u201cThey are not,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The Award\u2019s response was swift, but not swift enough. Following Eldagsen\u2019s admission, they im<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>tely took back his award and removed the entry from their website\u2026 but what\u2019s truly baffling is that these AI tools have existed for over a year, and have been a hot topic of discussion for the better part of that year\u2026 so how did the entire awards program not prepare for this? The Sony World Photography Awards just announced that they\u2019re open for their 2024 edition, and the website simply lists that \u201cComputer generated content cannot be the origin of the Entry\u201d, with little mention of how they\u2019re going to distinguish human-captured photos from AI-generated ones, especially given how stunningly realistic AI text-to-image models have got in the last few months.<\/p>\n<p>This event sparked outrage within the photography community, and one can only assume that the Sony World Photography Awards\u2019 credibility took a sizeable hit. It also got me thinking about whether design awards were vulnerable to this approach too. Rather than simply waiting for another Eldagsen-like moment, we reached out to multiple leading global design awards to ask them what their thoughts were, if they were concerned about AI-based entries, and whether they were prepared for the eventuality. Only three design awards responded\u2026<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441775\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441775\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_2.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441775\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-441775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_2.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"6683677248\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" type=\"b44beb07479c3019fd2fb38a-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"b44beb07479c3019fd2fb38a-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boris Eldagsen and his Award-winning AI-Generated Photo<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Legality_of_AI-based_Creations\"><\/span>The Legality of AI-based Creations<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Before we really dive into how awards perceive AI-based design creations, it\u2019s important to understand how the law views them. After all, most award rules and regulations state that you need to \u201cown\u201d what you create\u2026 and ownership with AI-based tools can be a pretty murky subject. As far as AI tools go, most leading companies like MidJourney, Stable Diffusion, and OpenAI grant you ownership of what you create, but the law works differently. At least in the US, the United States Patent and Trademark Office doesn\u2019t grant copyrights to AI-generated work. If it isn\u2019t created by a human, it isn\u2019t eligible for copyright protection (as is the case with China). In order for an AI-generated work to be eligible for copyright, it needs to have a significant amount of human intervention or input in it. Laws in the UK and EU focus on \u201coriginality\u201d, which is highly debatable too, given that nothing an AI creates is ever original \u2013 it simply samples work from large datasets. Additionally, in order for a work to be sufficiently original, it should be the result of an author\u2019s \u201clabour, skill or effort\u201d, which can further muddy the water. Rules in countries like India are a little more accommodating, with multiple artists having copyrighted their AI-generated creations.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_do_Design_Awards_have_to_say\"><\/span>What do Design Awards have to say?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>While design awards, in practice, aren\u2019t too different from photography awards, the primary distinction lies in the fact that Photography is an art form, whereas Industrial Design is a human-centric process that\u2019s an amalgamation of art, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>, emotion, marketing, and consumer feedback\u2026 and that\u2019s just not something AI can overwhelmingly replace overnight. The Design Intelligence Awards calls this the \u201clong design chain\u201d, versus something like Logo Design or Visual Design which is more of a \u201cshort design chain.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three design awards that got back to us with responses, all of them have unanimously expressed that for now, design competitions and awards have nothing to worry about when it comes to the use of AI\u2026 primarily because AI has already played a pretty significant role in the submissions in the past. Uwe Cremering, CEO of the iF Design Award, highlights how AI has played a significant role as a feature in multiple products. \u201cLet\u2019s talk about the Fridge, for example,\u201d he says. \u201cThe fridge is not a hardware product anymore\u2026 It comes with an app, with algorithms, with software, with artificial intelligence that reads your needs.\u201d By just loosely defining AI, any smart product has a measurable amount of artificial intelligence in it, thus making the submission an AI-based submission. A regular phone just can\u2019t compare to a smartphone with its myriad of features \u2013 does that make the smartphone an unfair participant? Not in the eyes of Cremering and iF Design Awards. He does, however, highlight that just the same way a fridge isn\u2019t a hardware product anymore, the award\u2019s jury can\u2019t simply comprise hardware designers anymore either. The iF Design Award is increasingly looking at a diverse group of jury panelists who can effectively judge these entries. The Design Intelligence Award, the largest international academic award in industrial design established by the China Academy of Art in 2015, is taking things a step further by developing AI to assist its jury members.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441776\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441776\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_3.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441776\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-441776\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_3.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An AI-Powered Jury\u2026 Imagined By Midjourney<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The DIA AI Jury is just one example of how the international award program is looking at the future. \u201cThe disruptive changes in design tools and technical logic brought by AI force us to rethink the unique value of human designers,\u201d say the organizers. To augment the abilities of designers all across the professional spectrum, DIA has also built a DIA BOT, which they describe as an \u201cAI dialogue robot based on design vertical field data, helping designers at different stages to find industry orientation, professional mentors, design knowledge and cooperation opportunities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While awards are adapting to this new \u2018explosion\u2019 of AI tools, there\u2019s still a consensus that at least for the foreseeable future, Industrial Design awards in particular have nothing to worry about. Cremering does highlight that they\u2019ve included an entire section of AI in the iF Design Award\u2019s trend report, and that for maybe the next 2-5 years, there\u2019s really no danger of AI submissions completely replacing human submissions. For Prof. Dr. Peter Zec, founder\/initiator of the Red Dot Design Award, AI just simply can\u2019t be as nuanced as a talented, problem-solving industrial designer\u2026 and even if it can, that ultimately bodes well for both the design industry as well as the consumer that benefits from the award-winning design. We managed to catch Dr. Zec just as he was about to leave for Singapore to preside over the jury phase of the Red Dot Award: Design Concept, and have a 30-minute-long conversation on whether design awards need to \u2018worry\u2019 about AI the way photography awards do. His answer was incredibly simple \u2013 the award\u2019s sole purpose is to look at the result. If it\u2019s a good design, regardless of where it came from, it\u2019s a good design. In a way it echoes what Uwe Cremering mentioned too, about how AI can help make products better\u2026 but for Dr. Zec, what matters really at the end of the day is \u201cthe result\u201d. For the Red Dot Award: Product Design, the result is almost always a physical product, which an AI can\u2019t make just yet; but even if it did, it doesn\u2019t change any award program\u2019s ethos of rewarding good, consumer-friendly, utilitarian design. Dr. Zec raises the example of companies using AI to create more efficient, aerodynamic vehicles and vehicle parts. If an AI were to help designers determine the best, most efficient shape for the wing of an aircraft, it\u2019s definitely worth an award since it still satisfies the criteria of being great product design. \u201cSo this makes a big difference because we are not looking for the most creative designer, we\u2019re looking for the best solutions and then I think every tool is acceptable to reach the best solution,\u201d Dr. Zec concludes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441777\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441777\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_4.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441777\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-441777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_4.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"1017606968\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px; margin: 18px auto 20px; text-align:center;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\" type=\"b44beb07479c3019fd2fb38a-text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n<script type=\"b44beb07479c3019fd2fb38a-text\/javascript\">\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441777\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We asked AI to imagine a beautiful Design Award Trophy\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_should_you_proceed_if_you_want_to_participate\"><\/span>How should you proceed if you want to participate?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Even with this level of acceptance from award programs, it\u2019s important to read between the fine lines before applying. Most awards strictly mention that applicants must own the rights to the work they submit \u2013 an area that\u2019s fraught with complications. Most countries don\u2019t allow you to copyright AI-generated work (as mentioned before); and more importantly, even if you were able to copyright AI-generated work, it\u2019s still plagiarizing content by other creators. Unlike humans, who draw inspiration from things they see\/experience and create original works of art, AI doesn\u2019t work that way. AI works by sampling other works, creating a collage of borrowed bits from a massive database\u2026 and when it doesn\u2019t hide its tracks really well, it\u2019s easy to make an argument on the grounds of plagiarism (a lot of Midjourney users noticed the Getty Images watermark appearing on their photo generations because the AI had sampled the entire Getty database).<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re using an AI program that relies on a large dataset or a large language model (LLM), it\u2019s best to err on the side of caution and not make AI-based content a part of your \u201csubmission\u201d. These AI tools are an incredible source of inspiration and are great for brainstorming, but that\u2019s all they should be. Maybe don\u2019t use ChatGPT unsupervised when you\u2019re writing your application to an award, or Midjourney images as a part of your submission\u2026 but that\u2019s just my take. These tools can really empower designers and humans in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a>, but they can\u2019t replace what we do or parts of what we do entirely. Moreover, read your award\u2019s rules and regulations very carefully before applying for them, just to make sure your entry isn\u2019t subject to extra scrutiny or worse\u2026 disqualification.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Best_and_Worst_Case_Scenarios\"><\/span>The Best and Worst Case Scenarios<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Tim Berners-Lee, who\u2019s credited as the inventor of the World Wide Web didn\u2019t know how powerful it would become as a force for both good as well as for evil. Zuckerberg, when he built Facebook, didn\u2019t realize his benign social network would be used as a massive force for misinformation and a tool to destabilize countries, cause genocides, and sway elections. It\u2019s entirely possible that the people building these AI tools are oblivious to what the future could look like, so it seems like a fairly healthy practice to just look at both the best and worst-case scenarios.<\/p>\n<p>The best-case scenarios are pretty evident. More and more designers will find the AI very helpful in ideating, visualizing, and building out concepts. Designers using these tools will be able to achieve great heights without needing large teams with diverse skill sets, helping equalize the divide between designers in different countries, with different levels of experience, and with different backgrounds and upbringings. It all sounds great on paper, but perceptions change the minute a debacle like the one with the Sony World Photography Awards occurs.<\/p>\n<p>As someone who\u2019s commented on new technologies for almost 9 years at this point, the worst-case scenarios sound a lot more dystopian. After all, the worst-case scenarios for humanity should definitely apply to all parts of humanity too \u2013 including awards. Every AI relies on a massive database, and let\u2019s just say from experience that massive databases will always contain information that shouldn\u2019t be public. Facebook\u2019s database contains all your thoughts, moments, liking\/commenting history, etc. Google\u2019s database is a little more high-stakes, it has all your emails, your location, your bank information, and your biometric data if you use a Google phone. The issue with LLMs and large databases is that data security becomes difficult when the AI kind of has a mind of its own \u2013 someone prompt-engineered ChatGPT to give them Windows 10 registration codes\u2026 and it did. These LLMs and databases are breeding grounds for infringement\/plagiarism that reflects poorly on everyone, and even malicious tools \u2013 an engineer got ChatGPT to write malware and it managed to write a working piece of dangerous malware.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441778\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441778\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-441778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"978\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_5.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441778\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-441778 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"978\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_5.jpg\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-8\" style=\"margin: 8px 0; clear: both;\">\n<amp-ad layout=\"fluid\" height=\"fluid\" type=\"doubleclick\" data-slot=\"\/3847355\/yd-select-amp\"><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441778\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ChatGPT can apparently generate software keys for free\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The AI can now do things that weren\u2019t possible \u2013 it could analyze every winning design from a particular award program\/competition to generate a strategy for what project is most likely to win an award. When asked about this, Dr. Zec expressed concern but also highlighted how this exact process of pattern-recognition could have been done 10 years ago without current AI tools too. Ultimately, for Dr. Zec, if the jury deems a design award-worthy and good for mankind, that\u2019s really all that matters. On being asked whether design awards needed to create an overarching body or consortium to address and tackle these issues, Dr. Zec agreed that this would probably be required in the near future.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_the_future_will_look_like_in_an_AI-driven_world_Opinion\"><\/span>What the future will look like in an AI-driven world [Opinion]<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The printing press was met with a lot of backlash from religious leaders (and their followers) who felt the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> could be used to spread heretical (unorthodox) ideas easily to the masses. The television was dubbed an \u2018idiot box\u2019, and people said it would ruin the brains of children because they would stop reading. The internet to this day is still met with concern because of how its presence threatens a sense of \u2018control\u2019. Control over how life should be lived, how things should be done, and how societies should behave. This is exactly the same opinion a lot of people have with AI too \u2013 that it evokes a feeling of not being in control anymore. However, the printing press was invented in the 1400s and it didn\u2019t destroy humanity \u2013 humanity simply evolved to integrate it into itself as a means for progressing forward. Humanity will do the same with AI too. Honestly, I\u2019ll be surprised if AI destroys us BEFORE climate change or war.<\/p>\n<p>How awards evolve to deal with AI is a whole new discussion, however. It\u2019s interesting to see the take of major design awards on AI submissions \u2013 especially with awards like DIA highlighting the threat to \u2018short design chain\u2019 categories versus \u2018long design chain\u2019 categories. Not one single design award we spoke to was in favor of \u2018blacklisting\u2019 projects created using AI, which shows that these awards are definitely curious to see how AI changes\/elevates\/augments human creativity\u2026 and that\u2019s a good thing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441779\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441779\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-441779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_6.jpg\"><\/noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441779\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload size-full wp-image-441779\" src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" data-jpibfi-post-excerpt=\"\" data-jpibfi-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/2023\/06\/29\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/\" data-jpibfi-post-title=\"How Are Design Competitions and Awards Planning On Dealing with AI-Based Submissions?\" data-jpibfi-src=\"https:\/\/www.yankodesign.com\/images\/design_news\/2023\/06\/how-are-design-competitions-and-awards-planning-on-dealing-with-ai-based-submissions\/design_awards_vs_ai_6.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-441779\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">An Architect building Futuristic Societies<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Images via Midjourney<\/p>\n<div class=\"swp-content-locator\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-5' style=\" margin: clear: both>\n<amp-ad width=\"100vw\" height=\"320\" type=\"adsense\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0648786275385337\" data-ad-slot=\"9466393889\" data-auto-format=\"rspv\" data-full-width=\"\"><\/p>\n<div overflow=\"\"><\/div>\n<p><\/amp-ad><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"vcard author\"><br \/>\n<span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sarang Sheth<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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