Asklemmy

I'm an artist. I don't like AI art, I don't use Ai in any capacity. Could the tech.be used by the right hands to create a legitimate work of art? Sure . an incredibly select few(Not in a "generate this image" type of way, but I can see how one could make an argument for something conceptual and interesting done with the tech)

But the wider picture is that it will steal work from most of the skilled artist workforce, we are not able to compete whith the scale of ai output; and not everyone is suited for the independent artist life, because it's fucking hard. Also the visual literacy of the average person will go further down the drain, and It's already very poor, AI will kill a lot of future potential artists.. this is not even touching the effects this technology has in other areas of our lives.

Ai exists to make the average person more stupid, more reliant in the corpos, more isolated in their own bubble. It makes me despair, but also fuels me to keep doing art, even if it is only for myself. I will not let them take the only thing I'm good at away from me.

I just think theses people(who use AI to make art) does not have enough courage and perfectionism to get into drawing.

"Why bother putting hours in drawing learning, if the magical AI can draw the meme I ask it instantly?"

"Why bother buying a telescope and putting hours in astronomy theory if you can see better space images for free on internet?"

"Why bother doing a marathon, if i can just take my car and go there faster?"

For everything, you need to invest enough of your time in it so start liking it. The majority of people only have a few hobbies.

They see art as a way to be popular for the nerds who are skilled enough to draw. They see astronomy as a way to be popular for the nerds who learned astrophotography. They see sport as a way to be popular for the nerds who are fit enough to run.

For them, one thing that seemed innaccessible, became accessible with AI. I know it's sad, but theses people don't care if something has a soul or not. They just want their eye-appealing ghibli portrait.

Here's a good blog article that better conveys my point of view.

AI art -
For someone who creates art - AI art is meaningless because art really is about how the process of creating art itself makes us feel, how each brush stroke fills us with joy as the whole picture comes together more beautiful than we imagined. Even in misery and failure, it really was about the experience and living through those moments.
For someone who just appreciates art - AI art is soulless because there is nothing authentic about it, nothing relevant or connecting you to any story or person. I can't imagine anyone even putting AI art on their walls.
For someone who previously had poor access to artistic expression simply because they lacked the artistic skills - AI allows them to express themselves freely unlike ever before. For advertisers and slop generators - they were gonna automate it anyways, it's still a useful tool to create digital campaigns if you're into that, but with all the slop out there, AI will only accelerate humanity's move away from attention economy to sustainable economy.

I consider myself an artist. I work with sound and image. AI productions are beautiful and good because they are based on the work of artists who create beauty and goodness. The day AI finishes killing the artists it draws inspiration from, and has no one's work left to feed its algorithms, art will be dead. This is what those who promote AI as it is today are fostering. This is just my opinion and reflects only my views.

What’s the point? Where’s the story, where’s the work, if everything is so simple, then what’s the point?

I'm not a good artist. If I could commission someone to make art for me I would. The reality is if we restrict art sources to human artists in absolutely all cases, nothing much will get done. There's so much demand and not enough supply. I will commission someone if I intend to distribute work. If the point is to give the viewer a rough idea i.e. an unfinished product, I will not hesitate to use AI as one of my many tools available to get my point across.

The point is that it's marketing for ai companies in general and they can sell them to Hollywood

I said this in another thread, but i think that a lot of the value of art comes from the effort. That’s why people get so upset about some modern and postmodern art that looks ‘easy’.

Many things that we do are only worthwhile because of the difficulty. If you just want to put a ball in a hole, you can walk over and drop it in with your hand. Add clubs, sand and water traps, and terrain - now you have a game.

A long time ago, stuff like complex videogames would have been impossible for even large groups of people to make. Every new tool increases productivity and enables bigger creations.

People said the same thing when Daft Punk went on stage just pressing buttons, and more broadly about all digital art.