A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values, & Rights

The A.I. in Art: Perceptions, Values, & Rights Exhibition is the culmination of an interdisciplinary research project co-directed by students and faculty from Georgetown's Department of Computer Science, Department of Art and Art History, and the Law Center.

As image generation models have become more computationally efficient and accessible, the question of who owns the art that these models generate has become increasingly urgent. As of early 2025, over thirty-eight lawsuits have been filed in the United States on the questions of authorship, ownership, and copyright protection of artistic outputs created by, or with the help of, AI.

Much of the scholarly debate around AI-involved art has been normative. This experimental research exhibition takes a different, more descriptive approach that aims to center the perspectives of emerging artists (students of fine art), regulators (law students), AI model developers (computer science students), and future users of these systems (all of us).

This exhibition features winning artworks selected from over 150 works created by participants from Georgetown University, other colleges, and the broader DC metro area. The artistic merit of the resulting creations was evaluated by two juries to identify the 12 pieces featured in this exhibit. The Peer Selection Jury was composed of  over 100 peers across disciplines, while the Expert Selection Jury was composed of five experts in art and ethics.
Structured reflections collected from the creators on their creative process provide a first-party perspective on artistic merits, authorship rights, and copyright protection of AI-involved art, while reflections from the jurors provide a second-party perspective.

The exhibition invites viewers to contribute a third-party perspective on AI involvement in art by sharing their reflections on their experience of this exhibition by leaving a comment on the Graffiti Wall.

For more information, contact AIArtShow@georgetown.edu