In recent months, colorful cartoon characters have appeared in the local newspaper Bygdebladet in Sjøholt. The newspaper uses artificial intelligence to illustrate matters where it is not possible to use a real picture. For example, a speed control. – The normal thing for us would have been to have an archive photo of a police car. But I think it would be more reader-friendly to have an illustration, says editor of the local newspaper Bygdebladet, Reidar Opsal. This KI image has been used by Bygdebaldet in a case where someone was caught in a speed check. The speed was measured at 105 km/h, as the illustration shows. This is how KI will illustrate a 19-year-old who is trying to hide from the police. Here Bygdebladet has asked KI to illustrate a business owner who has been charged with tax fraud. The picture illustrates a case about a man who drove too fast. This picture illustrates that a man from Romania has been sentenced to prison for theft. , at the same time as there are many shipyards that have a lot of work. He points out that they have always loved newspaper drawings. With AI, they get the opportunity to create this without drawing themselves. – We have followed the development of society, and artificial intelligence is a hot topic, says the editor. The illustrations have created a lot of attention and both Sunnmørsposten and Journalisten have mentioned it. What do you think of the ticket in Bygdebladet? Drive on. They are hysterically funny This is too frivolous Show result Cancel the subscription Gert Rietman runs a cafe at Sjøholt and he says that the illustrations for Bygdebladet are discussed among the guests. He himself does not like artificial intelligence being used in this way. – I think it will be a complete mistake. I can’t take the newspaper seriously anymore, says Rietman. He canceled the subscription some time ago, but has still seen the ticket. Gert Rietman runs the Stolt mat cafe at Sjøholt. He hears that several guests are discussing Bygdebladet’s use of AI images. Photo: Malin Kjellstadli Korsnes / news Oddgeir Otterlei and Stein Erik Skagen sit at the gas station close by. They like the creative illustrations in the local newspaper. – It’s a bit cozy and innovative, says Otterlei. Skagen believes that AI is the future and that you have to get used to it. – I smile when I see the picture. It can be a bit comical, says Skagen. Oddgeir Otterlei and Stein Erik Skagen believe that the local newspaper’s use of AI is creative and funny. Photo: Malin Kjellstadli Korsnes / news – Silly and frivolous Henrik Brattli Vold at the Department of Journalism holds a course in the safe use of artificial intelligence. He believes that Bygdebladet’s pictures are vigorous, and that it is unproblematic in terms of press ethics to use them. – But if you talk about the newspaper’s credibility, it is problematic. It’s nonsense and they are seen as a non-serious actor, says Vold. He still believes that it would be much worse if the newspaper had generated an image that could be mistaken for journalistic photography. – Then you put the truth in doubt, says Vold. In the press environment, the illustrations have caused debate. Leader of the Norwegian Journalist Association, Dag Idar Tryggestad, believes that the use of the illustrations is problematic and a breach of press ethics. – Here you see quite funny illustrations connected to criminal cases. For the reader, it is obvious that the photo is not real, but it is about the media’s trustworthiness and what we wish to be the sender of, says Tryggestad. Will continue to use KI The editor for Bygdebladet, Reidar Opsal, says that they always take assessments when there are KI illustrations inside. Editor Reidar Opsal sees several positive aspects of the KI illustrations. Photo: Hans-Olav Landsverk / news – The question all the time is when it’s fun and when it’s not fun, he says. But he is sure that AI is here to stay, and that more people will benefit from it in the future. – There will always be trial and error at the start. If we go back a few years, there was great skepticism about color TV in Norway and there were many who thought that the internet would not be a hit. – So they will continue to use such illustrations in the future? – Yes. Not all the time, but occasionally.
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