Its not that I'm against AI as a tool for artists, but there's this cousin of uncanny valley where art looks like waaaay too much effort went into it for what is needed. I find that off putting, but not because of some moral sentiment like unemployed artists, but because it just looks gaudy, out of place, or just inappropriate. Its like the modern version of the filigree. Looks like we might need a new word for it.
People Hate AI Art
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#162This trend of “everybody hates AI!” articles from bluesky people is becoming really tiresome. Every week it’s a new variant on that theme, and never substantiated. Major yawn.
Yeah so, tech people tend to be in a bubble with regards to AI perception. I implore you to just ask around outside of your immediate sphere. Bring it up, let them talk.
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#163Earlier quoted context omitted.
Honestly the blowback against AI in "art" feels overblown to me, but I'm not someone that's actually appreciative of art in general (I don't visit art exhibits etc) However, to understand their viewpoint you only need to think about what art originally meant: it is something with which the artist tries to convey something. It is - in is purest form - an expression of another person. This is somewhat offset by "art" a…
Well stated summary of the problem, but I don't understand why it is overblown. The human expression in art and the skill that it took are where it draws its value and beauty. If you change art so fundamentally that it reflects neither of those things, it is the end of art as we know it. It is not just the artists who are speaking out against it but people who love art. That's not everyone, which is understandable. E…
The blowback against AI in "art" feels overblown to me because the usage of AI art perfectly correlate with the same usage pattern as salaried art did.
It's used when the generated art is not seen as "art" but more of a tool.
This obviously is an issue for artists which lose potential customers, but that's overstated because - as you pointed out earlier too - a lot of people never would've paid for the art creation anyway...
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#164I think people who don’t like it genuinely don’t understand it enough to be fascinated by it or have some other issue with it that has nothing to do with the content itself
you mean like standing in front of a Rothko and saying "I could do that"
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#165Let me propose another alternative. People generally hate low effort AI slop. Irrational people hate art made with AI as a tool. "By invading the territories of art, photography has become art's most mortal enemy." - Said someone who nobody knows because it's a long and dead opinion.
I wonder if people inject the "tool" discourse into these discussions because they think it has some redemptive power. Like where is the difference between "AI is an expedient to producing images I don't have the talent to make or the money to pay for" and "I use AI as a tool to produce images because I have an affirmative belief in the goodness of AI"
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#166Corrected: a certain type of very loud and very online person in your audience hates AI art and thinks less of you for using it. But that doesn't matter, because the game theory they outlined is directionally right. The cohort of people who hate AI art is relatively small. But the cohort of people who love it is even smaller. People can generally spot it, and most people are indifferent to it. Having said that: I thi…
An even bigger issue to me is that people who most frequently tend to avail themselves of AI art also tend to be the least observant. So even when the AI-generated image could have been good or at least serviceable, they somehow still manage to bungle the whole process.
I actually wrote a blog post about this, with concrete examples (and my manual fixes) taken from OpenAI when they demoed gpt-image-2 and from Karpathy of all people. It’s not a great look when the biggest proponents and ostensible experts still manage to make such a royal botch job of things.
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#167Flagged… incredible. Mockery is the way
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#168Corrected: a certain type of very loud and very online person in your audience hates AI art and thinks less of you for using it. But that doesn't matter, because the game theory they outlined is directionally right. The cohort of people who hate AI art is relatively small. But the cohort of people who love it is even smaller. People can generally spot it, and most people are indifferent to it. Having said that: I thi…
I only speak for myself, but an AI-generated hero image is an indicator that the rest of the article might also be AI-generated.
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#169I'd like to know on what basis was this flagged and remains flagged?
Whether you agree with the author's take or not, it's relevant.
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#170I don't consider AI art to be "art". Art isn't just the end result, it's the labor of an artist. AI art seems rather pointless, other than to fill space. Just like AI music doesn't provide any value; it's just used to fill up space, like annoying elevator music.