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Protect your art against AI/machine learning theft with customizable watermarks (rgbwatermark.net)
13 points by jbothma 1137 days ago
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People have already succeeded in generating adversarial images that confuse neural networks.

Until networks reach the point where those techniques don't work any more, it's probably a better option - it allows you to automatically perturb the image for a targeted deception, as opposed to specifically defining a large number of parameters without understanding what the impact will be.

But does it work?
Given everything I know about feature extraction/embedding, my armchair answer would be a resounding no... Given enough similar content the water mark would get rounded of as what it is -- noise.

Also, The fact that a service which in theory would have a high demand, offers 0 explanation or justification for their technique is highly suspect.

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The only way a watermark would be even remotely effective as a deterrent would be if everyone agreed on a fixed mark; this mark could be automatically detected (this a silly way of doing things), or if it was incorporated into the model would create a bubble of locality due to feature alignment (poising the well)

Neither of these are practical or reasonable solutions like: robots.txt, EXIF metadata, and digital signing - combined with regulations allowing for legal recourse

TL;DR - DRM of publicly available data is not a "winnable" fight