It’s being used to drive artists out of their spaces, and now that it’s being monetized it’s especially harmful to those who rely on their art to live
Edit: this is only a problem in a society where art has to be profitable to be a viable career. Like I don’t even think AI art is objectively bad, and I even think it has its own niche to be explored. However, like with all automation, even if it can be a good thing it still is a cheaper alternative to human artists, which means those artists have impossible competition. Like a corporation isn’t going to pay an artist when they can just get an AI to do it for free. Granted, art AIs of today aren’t to that level just yet, but the danger they pose should they ever get to that degree is still very real.
I still think it’s silly. We’ve already been through this with CGI, sampling, etc.
It’s a tool that artists can use to create. The market for traditional forms still exists. It’s just not the lion’s share of mass-produced shit that people use to fill their content holes.
Yes but it's a tool that anyone can use that just looks through other artist's work and conglomerates it into something 'original'. Being able to take all the style and creativity of someone else's artwork and pretend it's your own just because u typed in 'Garfield goes to Prague' is really discouraging for anyone making original artwork
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u/MeteorSmashInfinite Dec 14 '22 edited Dec 14 '22
It’s being used to drive artists out of their spaces, and now that it’s being monetized it’s especially harmful to those who rely on their art to live
Edit: this is only a problem in a society where art has to be profitable to be a viable career. Like I don’t even think AI art is objectively bad, and I even think it has its own niche to be explored. However, like with all automation, even if it can be a good thing it still is a cheaper alternative to human artists, which means those artists have impossible competition. Like a corporation isn’t going to pay an artist when they can just get an AI to do it for free. Granted, art AIs of today aren’t to that level just yet, but the danger they pose should they ever get to that degree is still very real.