Today, in one of the many writing groups to which I belong, someone came in and explained how they had used AI to create not just the book cover, but also the images inside AND the content. They then asked for help in advertising, or taking the 'next steps.'
What I wanted to say was "Gee, if AI could do the cover and inside, why don't you ask AI how to advertise your book?" But, I didn't. Why.. why didn't I...
I don't want to open a can of worms, but I am really against the main use of AI in creativity. More and more I see artwork created via many of the AI creations - and let me get this out of the way now - AI Art is STOLEN art. It takes no creativity. They train the AI with artwork found on the internet so AI picks and chooses parts from thousands of art on the internet to create what the end use has asked for. It's stealing artwork for non paid work. In fact, you cannot copyright art created by an AI. Current Notice from US Copyright Office
Now according to the Copyright Office, the art needs the Human input; but, there is no ruling on how much human interaction is needed for a work to be copyrightable. This begs a lot of questions which cannot be answered here. Until such time as the Copyright Office states the degree to which human interaction gives a copyright, it's all moot.
So far, all my covers use AI, but to a small degree. The backgrounds have been generated by aI and then edited by me to fit the scenario. But, again, how much is needed? I plan to submit for copyright before publishing and will post the results here.
Stay tuned...