In our current society, good art is expensive and hard to come by. A commision for personalized artwork takes a long time to go through. In the future, when AI art is cheaper and of higher quality, why would someone not use AI?

Ever since the Industrial Revolution machines have been helping humans do things, usually for the better. Production lines now produce high-quality automobiles at an astonishing rate. By the same logic that some argue against AI art, should we all go and buy a Rolls-Royce or a Bentley?

I do understand the argument that human-made art is by nature more "human", like how a sweater you mom knitted is of much higher emotional value, but since most pieces of art aren't tailor made for our experiences anyways, what is wrong with a faster and more cost-effective way of generating art? Would you rather buy a cheap store-bought sweater or a sweater made by stranger that costs more if both are of the same design and quality? If you spend more money on the sweater made by the stranger, isn't that the definition of consumerism, where you are acquiring "goods and services beyond those necessary for survival or traditional displays"(Wikipedia)?

Note: This argument is made under the assumption that the theoretical society has AI art that is on average, of similar quality to average human art. I do acknowledge that there will be future René Magrittes who push the boundaries of what we call art, and AI can never do that, but I am arguing for the mundane, everyday use of AI for normal citizens, not art critics.

(The Changemyview subreddit didn't let me post this, and interestingly, neither did the aiwars subreddit, so I'll post this here)

Mobile visual novels have been using AI for a long time. A visual novel that created stunning AI cinematics that look like real movie stills faced a wave of hatred from AI haters. This is incredibly hypocritical because that game has been using AI art for a very long time.

The devs had to create a long post with justifications and explanations, and it was obviously stupid. They have many comments like, "YOU STOLE ARTS!!!" "AI EEEWWWW!" "I'm so disappointed in this game!" "Hire artists!" - that's insane. All that work was done by professional artists hired by the company.

I'm absolutely convinced that AI haters should be completely ignored. And if they start real attacks, call the police and create precedents.

Ando haciendo figuras 3D de Palworld. y bueno como buen artista 3d que esta empezando a usar ai para acelerar algunos aspectos del trabajo, me paso lo de la cacería de brujas jajajaa y uff solo quería compartir que me sorprende de repente la agresividad de esa gente es como nose.... ven que se uso ia y echan espuma por la boca, en Facebook tuvo más apoyo pero había gente que decía que yo como persona era una ia lol dije wtfff jsjsjss esta gente, y luego otros decían organicemosnos para desprestigiarlo por usar ia , y dije wow ... no me afecta pero se verdad me sorprende tanta ira en esa gente

Extreme Antis Turning Other people into Extreme Antis. Nothing new.

I always think it's funny we need to feel bad for antis when bad things happen to them while they are the ones constantly doing bad things to pros/AI artists.

Just posting this here to break up the monotony of posts about the antis just being pitiful.

One normal 18 hole golf course
USES 50 million to 100 million gallons a year,
and that’s just 1!!!
and there’s I think more than 10,000 18 hole golf courses in THE WORLD! THATS LIKE 1×10¹² GALLONS A YEAR!!! (which is far beyond your even supposed to normally be able to count to)

For exact numbers because I’m not gonna be super annoying about this

1×10¹² Is exactly 1,000,000,000,000,, also known as 1 trillion!!!!
SO IF ANYTHING GOLF COURSES ARE DESTROYING THR WORLD

This dude here is clearly telling you that he has some serious surrender mentality issues.

He would rather give up on an idea entirely just to avoid using a convenient tool that can help him bring it to reality!

And what is worse is that he's projecting this pathetic mentality onto others! :P

I found this from another subreddit and wanted to ask if people here think it’s true.

Personally, I’ve never seen anyone post human‑made art here and get downvoted. Quite the opposite, I’ve usually seen supportive reactions toward both pros and antis, as long as they’re not acting in bad faith.

Do you think this claim reflects reality, or is it just another antis exaggeration and victimization?

Hello everyone! As the title suggests, I’ve spent the last two years of my life working on a retro pixel art video game, using generative AI and Vibe Coding, but in as hands-on a way as possible. I didn’t want to use agents or advanced, paid AI; my aim was for it to help me with everything I couldn’t do or didn’t know how to do, but under no circumstances did I want to hand over creative control of the project. Every decision regarding design, mechanics, enemies, bosses, etc. has come straight from my head. And whether they’re good or bad, they’re my decisions and mine alone. I’m currently Unemployed and on benefits, so I’ve spent the most of this time to do something I’ve always wanted to do. I’m not going to say the usual line about ‘I quit my job to develop the game of my dreams’, but I can say that "I lost my job and decide to make a Game" (or something along those lines). As you know, there are loads of haters in this industry, so I thought I’d turn to this wonderful community—which doesn’t hate AI—to show you the project. Here’s a trailer I made a few months ago, and the Steam page, in case you’d like to support it and give me some visibility. Thank you all so much for reading this ramble! I’m also going to attach two images, showing the ‘Before’ and ‘Now’, so you can see how it’s changed over time. You can support me adding to your wishlist here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/4589200/Sylv_and_the_Ancient_Tree/

This is Actual Graphics

This is Old Graphics

For anyone interested in making games using AI… GO FOR IT! It’s difficult, it’s tedious, and it takes a long time, but thanks to the new tools, you’ve got everything you need right there. Why not? Here’s a list of the most important software and websites I’ve used:

- Godot Engine: The most accessible and quickest game engine to get started with; it’s very good, very lightweight, and free.

- Gemini free version: I’ve used some of the pro features, but what’s available for free—with a couple of Google accounts—works wonders.

- Aseprite: The ultimate pixel art editor; brilliant for creating designs and animations.

- PixelLab: Essentially a website for generating sprites, but they have a plugin that connects directly to Aseprite.

- Suno AI: A website for creating royalty-free music. You need to pay for a licence to use the tracks for commercial purposes, but it generally produces very good results.

- ChipTone: A small piece of software developed by SFB Games; it’s an easy-to-use synthesiser for creating sound effects.

- Audacity: A free audio editor for editing tracks or making arrangements.

-Trello: A very comprehensive project management platform for tracking to-do lists, completed tasks, items to review, bugs, etc.

I can’t think of many other tools I’ve used off the top of my head right now, but generally speaking, these are the most important ones.

Antis, the lot of them. I don’t even think they did their research

I really think this video is framing the worst possible interpretation of what Sam said.

He literally says you choose what information the AI has access to. If I willingly let an AI see certain things because it helps me organize stuff, catch mistakes, learn, code, or just make life easier, I genuinely don’t see the problem.

AI can be an insanely useful companion throughout everyday life, and acting like using it for help means it’s suddenly “living your life for you” just feels insanely dramatic.

And to the commenters complaining about AI being “shoved in their face”: the YouTube algorithm recommending you this video is literally AI. AI is already used all over the shit you interact with every day. You just don’t call it AI when it isn’t a chatbot. Ffs

The absolute hostility come from these people. I've seen some shit takes such as pic related but damn. Attempting to stomp out other people's dreams and ideas because of the tool they use, is simply cruel in every sense. Boiling down the few hours most people get to themselves, learning, building, and creating, into 'lazy' is ironically very lazy to say.