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Text-to-Image Generation: Perceptions and Realities

Human-Computer Interaction 2023-05-03 v2

Abstract

Generative AI is an emerging technology that will have a profound impact on society and individuals. Only a decade ago, it was thought that creative work would be among the last to be automated - yet today, we see AI encroaching on creative domains. In this paper, we present the key findings of a survey study on people's perceptions of text-to-image generation. We touch on participants' technical understanding of the emerging technology, their ideas for potential application areas, as well as concerns, risks, and dangers of text-to-image generation to society and the individual. The study found that participants were aware of the risks and dangers associated with the technology, but only few participants considered the technology to be a risk to themselves. Additionally, those who had tried the technology rated its future importance lower than those who had not.

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@article{arxiv.2303.13530,
  title  = {Text-to-Image Generation: Perceptions and Realities},
  author = {Jonas Oppenlaender and Aku Visuri and Ville Paananen and Rhema Linder and Johanna Silvennoinen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.13530},
  year   = {2023}
}

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Accepted at Generative AI in HCI workshop, CHI '23

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