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Yes yes we should all give up on human expression and let machines do everything. AI art is great and totally not an unethical monstrosity generated on plagiarism of people's actual efforts.
Am I not expressing myself with every image?
No you're just asking a robot to make shit for you. That is not expression, that is, at best, a more modern version of grabbing shit off google images and calling it "expression"
Your just using an auto collaging tool.
Like if you were to go to art school, but outsourced all the art making to some Photoshop artist in I dia for $3. And claimed it as your own.
If you don't put in the sweat and tears, you aren't creating. I'd go farther and say prompting is closer to story boarding at a marketing firm, and you're the boss/project manager.
It's pretty neat technology, but it's so far from actual content creation through the artistic process.
Too slow.
And this right here shows just how expansive your lack of understanding is.
Ok, on your bike, you have 30 seconds to post a reply image of your own making. Let's test your skill against mine.
You understand that just shitting out images isn't really doing your point any favors, right? Art isn't about how fast you can make something; I'd argue that how fast it took to make a particular piece of art is the last thing anyone would care about.
But, this is the crux of all of this. You're not creating art, you are making images. Images are a commodity all about the quick visual and so that's how you're engaging with these models. As though they were a throwaway commodity. There is no intent or exploration in any of these; no catharsis. It's all just empty and devoid.
This IS human expression. I can finally express what I see in my mind. I can't sculpt or draw everything. This gives me inspiration. You don't want my art. You don't want my music. You never bought anything I created.
You want a slave in a machine called Warner Brothers or Disney to produce your entertainment and heaven forbid an AI had a hand in making her job easier. Such bad faith arguing!
I mean, fuck yeah I don't want your art because by your own admission it's AI generated trash and therefore not art.
Yet I buy art from artists. All the time. I have framed and printed pieces from a couple furry artists I know.
Also corporations have been positively frothing with joy at AI's growth because it means they don't need to hire actual people anymore. Already they are looking to replace writers and actors with AI generated facsimiles. That was the entire basis of the writers' strike a few months ago. So the whole "AI ART WILL FREE US FROM CORPORATIONS" argument is a non-starter.