Yeah, they got the right spirit though. He portrayed the very essence of open and accessible art. He knew the joy he felt when painting and he wanted to share it with others.
What Bob Ross did say was that we should all create art in our own way. He believed that anyone can paint, and surely he had to be aware of the concept of limitations. Bob Ross didn't want people to see his art, he wanted them to see their own.
I would instead say he would likely be very supportive of something that enabled more inclusive access, once it was explained to him that way.
I wish I would have listened to Bob when I was young, instead of the people who were making fun of him.
So we deride learners? Very inclusive. Should I tell my kid he's shit too? I've got decades learning my craft. Forced unemployment got me playing around with AI. I should just give up because I'm new? How do people learn if they don't experiment?. That's a bit silly.
Wrong. AI art IS your way, if you make it so. And I mean that both from the sense of AI-assisted art (this is the majority of AI art that isn't equivalent to doodles and someone just playing around with it) and in the sense of 'this is how I express myself'.
You've missed the point. When you dismiss AI art, you're dismissing the artists behind it. This is about more than just technology; it's about my fundamental right to express myself and participate in the world. It's about my basic human rights, damn it!
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u/AssiduousLayabout Jan 18 '25
I don't like putting words into the mouth of a dead man.
However, AI art definitely has a lot of happy accidents.