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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

This is a pretty complex topic, as a quick knee jerk I agree AI art isn't art in the common sense, but one thing I disagree with is that all art has intent or even needs it.

I don't think AI art is going to or even tries to replace art as a creative pursuit. If anything it's more likely to replace certain photography related jobs.

Currently the main use cases are

  • Generating stock photos
  • Generating texture maps
  • Generating concept art

None of these things really care about intent, you could argue concept art does, but a lot of the time it's just there to set a vibe/direction/theme. All of the above will still replace jobs but not the typical everyday artists jobs, maybe stock or texture photographers though.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Of all the unsettling nonsense here, those teeth are just horrifying. Although the toe-fingers are a close second.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Art isn't art if it isn't made by a living being, period.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

It's because you don't understand their vision -- classic idea guy redux

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Watching "Artists" bitch about AI has been one of the more fun parts of the 2020's

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Watching people like you ruin the reputation of generative AI has been one of the more fun parts of the 2020's

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I'd love to see you do anything even remotely close to what an artist can do without using AI. But since you probably can't do anything better than stick figures... Let's face it people deserve to get paid for their fucking work. It doesn't matter whether they're throwing boxes in a warehouse, shuffling papers in an accounting firm, or doing art on the internet.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

Ok it isn't that easy to get the ai do what you want. So being good at writing prompts is indeed a skill. But it is not an art skill. I mean I can get a similar result by just bullshiting words at the ai. If I draw sth. By myself it's is shitty and takes days. So well I appreciate the tool but I wouldn't call anyone an artist who uses ai without any corrections. If you edit it so it looks better maybe you are an artist. Idk

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's sad to see so many people saying that AI generated pictures are art. At the end of the day, if you don't get why art is important, you don't get it. Gonna be hard to explain to Elon's fans why the human aspect of art matters, so why bother?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Let's make the term "AI images" be more popular instead

[–] [email protected] 13 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I respectfully disagree with you saying ai generated images are not art, it is "a form" of art, and saying so doesn't equate to saying art is unimportant or that the human aspect doesn't matter. Art is important, the human aspect does matter a great deal. Art is about ideas and means to express them, AI-gen does allow it in different ways than previously but right now you still have a sentient being with an idea to prompt the AI.

What you are saying looks a lot like what people used to say about photography not being art, and fear mongering about photography replacing other forms of art like painting. The opposite happened, photography shaped into its own form of art, and painting evolved to new era of amazing ideas.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Exactly! It's a new kind of canvass that just has a few crappy brushes, and while far too many people are just copying existing art with extra steps, eventually we'll make better brushes and new paints and explore the possibilities for real.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago

OP put the crack pipe down.

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