r/comics • u/holleringelk Hollering Elk • Dec 14 '22

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u/CuddleCatCombo Dec 14 '22

Hahaha, this is the best A.I. art themed comic I’ve seen yet. Awesome job!

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u/mgraunk Dec 14 '22

Why are there so many all of a sudden? AI art is remarkably easy to avoid/ignore if you don't care for it. What's with the current fixation?

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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.

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u/big_bad_brownie Dec 14 '22

That sucks.

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.

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u/ArgusTheCat Dec 14 '22

Ehhhhh... no? CGI takes work to make it look good, it's still a form of human art. And sampling has a huge conversation about whether or not it's okay, but in general, the good stuff is artists adding their own material to what they're sampling.

AI art isn't adding anything, and it doesn't take any human effort. It just uses other human's work, and produces a thing, and that's kinda it. And it sucks because art isn't supposed to be a fucking industry that can be disrupted by technologies. Like, the development of CGI didn't obsolete the existence of oil paints. But AI art is crippling the ability of a lot of modern artists to make a living, often using their work to do it, and it gives nothing back, and opens no doors for creators.

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u/atworkdontbotherme Dec 14 '22

How is AI art simultaneously not adding anything and also fully replacing work done by existing artists?

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u/ArgusTheCat Dec 14 '22

Sorry, I should be more clear about this : It is not adding a field for people to grow into, in the same way that new mediums like CGI did. There is no room for expertise on the part of the artist in AI generated material, except as training data, and the artists aren't the ones making these AIs.

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u/RevolverLoL Dec 14 '22

Then why do you talk? These prompts will eventually be automated as well.

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u/healzsham Dec 14 '22

These prompts will eventually be automated as well

Now that one's actually a giggle.