Chris Aikman: Exploring the Impact that AI Art Generators are Having on the Field of Illustration.

This episode features a conversation with Chris Aikman, a final year undergraduate student on the BA Illustration course at Cardiff School of Art & Design, about their final year research which explores the impact that AI art generators are having on the field of illustration.

In conversation with Chris are Dr Martyn Woodward and Chris Dennis.

You can find out more about Chris’ work via Instagram: @chrisjaikman and LinkedIn, or via his website: www.chrisaikmanillustration.com

If you would like to follow up on some of the ideas discussed in this episode you may find the following resources interesting:

• Baio, A. (2022) 'AI Data Laundering: How Academic and Nonprofit Researchers Shield Tech Companies from Accountability', Waxy, 30 September. Available at: https://waxy.org/


• Rao, D. (2023) Building safe, secure, and trustworthy AI: Adobe's commitments to our customers and community.


• Barthes, R. (1977) The death of the author. London: Fontana. pp. 142-148.


• European Guild for Artificial Intelligence Regulation (2023) EGAIR.


• Hagendorff, T. (2020) 'The Ethics of AI Ethics: An Evaluation of Guidelines', Minds and Machines, 30(1), pp. 99-120. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11023-020-09517-8