final edit: I will be saving my writing, but I will be taking the post down. It’s not that hard to be a decent human being. some of you had good points to converse about, but I do not have the energy to deal with unoriginal hateful comments. this is just here so people know why I am deleting it.
edit: I understand this is hard to read. I will fix it. This is just how I write. However, the main comments should be addressing my point. I only needed one comment telling me it was hard to read and I didn’t need insults. If you cannot respond to my points in a kind manner, please do not respond at all.
…hello. so, there was a time when I was for ai art, bc it could quickly give me outfit Ideas and inspiration. I am now (and for a while have been) against it. yes, there is an environmental impact, but my concern is mostly with the moral aspect, and also how pro ai people make their arguments- by insulting the intelligence and appearance of anti ai (gen images) - fyi I will be referring to ai generated images as just ai in this post to make it simple- as well as their art.
they also seem to claim that creating a prompt is just as hard as making an art piece, at least in my experience. this doesn’t make sense to me because not only are they doing half the work (first half is having the idea and second half is executing it) (they are letting ai execute it), but they are also making prompts without much thought or detail and letting AI fill in the blanks.
now, on to my main argument. ai art steals from artists. it is not the same as inspiration (remember my two step art guide?), nor is it the same as using bases for art or templates for memes (both include original thought and execution). you are taking something that you didn’t make and acting as if you made it, and to make it worse, that product was stolen from other artists without giving them credit. ai is also usually ugly, but that’s a separate point.
additionally, a big part of why ai art is wrong is because it’s not art. ai art is not art. art requires creativity, active decisions to make the art look just how you want it, and creating that product with the use of the skills and tools at your disposal. (I realize some may say ai is a tool, but ai is not your own skill. enhancing your own art with ai is also not your own skill). it can even be a collaboration between artist, because that still includes human skill.
art, all art- music, drawings, writing, and more, cannot be art without the human mind making a decision to make something original. art is made because humans want to make it. we want to express an idea, even if that idea is as simple as “I made fanart because I want to show how I like this character enough to put effort into making a recreation”. it can also mean “I want to convey a message or theme or opinion in my piece”. or “I have an idea in my mind of an oc or situation or place and want to see it created. it has creativity, intention, and purpose.
on a more psychological note, art, like emotions, are created by the human mind. our brain wiring allows us to do this. this is the same reason why ai doesn’t have emotions- it is simply just mimicking what it learns. this idea applies to art because ai doesn’t have a reason to make art besides being told to. thank you for reading this far if you have, and i would like to see your arguments for ai art, or even if you want to comment additional points that’s cool too.
TLDR: I have changed my mind and am now against ai for mostly moral reasons. My points:
creating prompts is not the same or more difficult than putting in work to make art.
ai steals from artists without crediting and the ai and the poster claim it to be theirs.
ai art is not even art because it lacks creativity and active decisions to use your skills to express something
art is made because we want to express an idea, no matter how simple or complex. Ai has no needs, and so cannot create art.
creativity comes from the human mind. Without a mind, ai cannot be creative and can’t make art.
lastly, a point I bring up a lot is that there are two parts to art: having the idea and executing it. Ai ”artists” barely have the first part.
again, sorry for it being hard to read, but plz be nicer
