Conference Session

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP) Technical Session 1

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Hortense Gerardo, University of California, San Diego; Dana Polojärvi, Maine Maritime Academy; Jon Wade, University of California, San Diego

Tagged Divisions

Engineering and Public Policy Division (EPP)

International Game Technology, senior director of Enterprise Server Development at Sun Microsystems, and director of Advanced System Development at Thinking Machines Corporation. Dr. Wade received his S.B., S.M., E.E. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering and computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dr. Wade is an INCOSE Fellow. ©American Society for Engineering Education, 2025 Generative AI, Artists’ Intellectual Property Rights, and Collective ActionabstractSince the rise of generative AI large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, artists haveinitiated lawsuits over copyright infringement. Developers argue for impunity because they donot directly use images and texts that are