Exploring the Impact of AI-generated Image Tools on Professional and Non-professional Users in the Art and Design Fields
Yuying Tang, Ningning Zhang, Mariana Ciancia, Zhigang Wang

TL;DR
This study investigates how AI-generated image tools affect professional and non-professional users in art and design, highlighting differences in usage, perceptions, and the potential for democratizing creativity.
Contribution
It provides empirical insights into user experiences and perceptions, and offers recommendations for developing more user-centered AI tools in art and design.
Findings
Non-professional users find AI tools increase accessibility to creative tasks.
Concerns persist about image quality, cost, and copyright issues.
AI tools have potential to democratize art and design processes.
Abstract
The rapid proliferation of AI-generated image tools is transforming the art and design fields, challenging traditional notions of creativity and impacting both professional and non-professional users. For the purposes of this paper, we define 'professional users' as individuals who self-identified in our survey as 'artists,' 'designers,' 'filmmakers,' or 'art and design students,' and 'non-professional users' as individuals who self-identified as 'others.' This study explores how AI-generated image tools influence these different user groups. Through an online survey (N=380) comprising 173 professional users and 207 non-professional users, we examine differences in the utilization of AI tools, user satisfaction and challenges, applications in creative processes, perceptions and impacts, and acceptance levels. Our findings indicate persistent concerns about image quality, cost, and…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAesthetic Perception and Analysis · Digital Media and Visual Art
