An ethical dilemma that could arise from AI-generated images or videos is with deepfakes and other imagery that could present a false image of someone. I remember a couple years back seeing an account on Twitter be banned for posting suggestive deepfakes of popular music artists, which sparked some debate. I believe it could for sure be considered defamation of one’s character, and therefore, a person generating images like these could be liable to legal action. As for society as a whole, I think somewhere we have to put more thought into is the legal system and how we will evaluate imagery as evidence in a court case. GenAI is rapidly improving, and although the common person is still mostly able to tell when something isn’t “real”, I don’t know how confident we can be about this in a few years’ time. While GenAI output can be funny/interesting, I think it needs to be heavily regulated to not possibly cause defamation of someone’s character (or something tantamount).

One thing that stood out to me about AI-generated images is how unclear the copyright situation still is. These systems are trained on massive amounts of online data, including images, films, and music, and a lot of that content is copyrighted. What makes this uncomfortable is that most of it was not uploaded with permission from the original creators. It makes me wonder if AI creativity is is just remixing human work in a way that is hard to trace. I also understand why artists are frustrated, since their style can basically be copied without them being involved or compensated. Even the legal side is still not fully settled. The U.S. Copyright Office has pointed out that questions of ownership and authorship in AI-generated content are still evolving, which honestly shows how fast the technology is moving compared to the law.

Another concern that stands out is the use of people’s faces and identities without consent. AI systems are now capable of producing highly realistic images and videos of individuals who have no involvement in their creation. This becomes even more serious with deepfake technology, where a person’s likeness can be inserted into situations they were never part of. While some of these uses may appear harmless on the surface, the potential for misuse is significant. Deepfakes can be used to fabricate political statements, create explicit content, or spread misinformation in ways that appear credible at first glance. The main issue is not only the creation of this content, but how easily it can circulate and the difficulty of fully removing it once it is online. Even when something is later identified as fake, the reputational and social impact can already be lasting.

I think that this question can be used in a situations. The one that I think is the best to use Ai-generated art is when photographing a certain landscape of background. Doing this you can use for multiple ideas. You can use it for ideas/inspiration, grading purposes, corrections, etc. I do believe people could use this for a art/photography class to help them with grading purposes.

A context you could not use this on I feel like is it for an Ai bot to not do a whole project/art project. Using an Ai bot for a whole project isn’t only risky but is also taking away the creative aspect from a person/student. Now like said above if someone were to use Ai to help grade or use as a rubric for their picture or advice that is one thing, but using Ai for an entire project is a whole another thing that could harm a students name.

There are many backlashes or worries with people using AI to create images or videos. When you use ai to create something from scratch using AI, you are not creative or innovative. The Conversation talks about AI generated art and how it is not creative at all, “Good creative work involves pushing boundaries, not simply coming up with something that’s passable and palatable”.

I think making these AI images or videos can cause great risk. It can create unwanted panic and change peoples thoughts or feelings about something with a simple lie looking real. To make sure people understand that these videos are fake there should be warning tags before videos or on pictures in a corner.

As these AI softwares start to create more real and believable content, it could create a more dangerous and unwanted scare in the communities. Like on one of our classmates final project slideshow showing how a girl’s words were reworded into saying that the coronavirus vaccine is a death sentence, when in reality she did not say those words at all. This causes stress to peoples families just for attention and views.

AI is not art or creative. This is something that shouldn’t be used unless you want to make a funny video or image to show your friends and have a little fun. It could be dangerous to society and change the way people think about important topics when it is a lie.

Elgammal, A. (2026). Sora’s downfall signals broader problems with AI’s creative utility. https://doi.org/10.64628/aai.mhxuqefmm

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AI creating images and videos can be extremely problematic. We can hope that they wouldn’t but news channels now have the ability to create any scene they want with AI, and this is another tool the news can use to mislead the people. Additionally, social media can create images and scenes that are also misleading. This can lead to misinformation and disinformation that keep people misinformed.

Also, deep fakes are another ethical issues. Fake images of celebrities have surfaced around social media for a while now, and these can be very harmful to the celebrities that are involved. AI should not be trained to create inappropriate images, or images of people being physically harmed. AI generated images largely affect society negatively. Fundamentally, the more realistic they look, the more people can believe that fake images are real, or lead people to think a real image is fake. The dangers of AI images should be taken more seriously, and people should be aware of the potential dangers.

What ethical dilemmas might arise from the use of AI-generated images or videos, and how can these dilemmas impact society as a whole?

Some ethical dilemmas that may arise from the use of AI-generated images or videos include AI taking bits and pieces of pre-existing images and videos from authors and creators without crediting them. A critical area within this realm that frightens me is the “deep-faking” that users can generate with this new technology. It is particularly worrying that something so incorrect can feel so real at the same time, even though the action never occurred. We must stay alert and ensure that image and video generation undergo some form of verification to confirm they are AI-generated, not real. These dilemmas can directly impact society, as images and videos can be generated to depict actions that are not real but appear to be. Furthermore, failing to give credit to the authors is a direct copyright and plagiarism issue, which could lead individuals into trouble in academic and professional settings. “A model trained on millions of images can easily reproduce a creator’s unique style, without giving credit or asking permission” (IMGIX, 2025). This directly addresses ethical concerns about creators not receiving proper credit for their work, which is used and learned from in large quantities.

Reference: Deambrosi, A. (2025). 8 ethical concerns raised by AI images and video. Imgix. https://www.imgix.com/blog/8-ethical-concerns-raised-by-ai-images-and-video