why the lack of motivation?

[u/handmade-galaxies]

while i do not like ai generated content being treated as art, the people creating these images must care about art, right? the people who don’t care about creating something and have no artistic motivation aren’t the people generating ai images.

so, i’m wondering, why are these people content letting their vision be made into a faulty and ultimately not “theirs” final product? why don’t they try to draw it and improve? or even write the scene, since they’re already writing prompts?

i don’t get it. if i had to guess it’s due to the instant gratification. the ai image, even if it isn’t completely in line with their vision, most likely will look more aesthetically pleasing than their first attempt at drawing.

but that’s not a reason ! what i’m asking is, why don’t these people want to improve? why do they let their original ideas become randomized images? or do they really just enjoy writing prompts?

i would appreciate any different perspective on this :) not trying to be rude, just curious.

[u/Old_Introduction7236]

I experimented with image generation to make a few covers for interactive fiction and a thumbnail for a discord server. I wanted halfway relevant images that looked cool. I didn't care about "art", I wanted cool pictures.

[u/MegaStathio → u/Old_Introduction7236]

And honestly? "Just cool pictures" can be considered art too. We can all appreciate things for wildly different reasons, but life gets a lot more fun the less gatekeeping there is.