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WHY THO?
Why not go through the process of blending those images yourself? Why not use process as an experiment? Why AI? What part are you playing? What makes it yours? I think AI is impersonal. I think it is unethical when it has relied on the theft of actual people’s actual physical (and because of the nature of art, often time emotional) labor. I also think it is unnecessary in creating art. I also think the environmental impacts are atrocious. I also think AI’s biggest supporters are being maliciously ignorant because it’s a fun new toy. Is it ease? Is it efficiency? People talk about accessibility as if children don’t use crayons and stickers! As if graffiti artists don’t use postal labels as sticker, as if sand mandalas don’t exist, as if cardboard and tape aren’t in over abundance.
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@ugliestbinch
Apr 15, 2025
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@joshuavidual
art without some kind of struggle to create isn‘t art that I wanna see ! how can I feel anything from that if I know no one put energy and time into doing something they love?
Apr 15, 2025
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@deardoveswings
the best, most succinct take i’ve seen yet. truly one of the most important things about art is the process…i think of the uptick of this generated “art” sort of the same way as the sentiment that painters wouldn’t have a job anymore upon the advent of the camera (though the camera is its own medium and actually cool)
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@ugliestbinch
@DEARDOVESWINGS but generated art doesn’t have nearly as much human intent as a photograph. and you don’t have to pay nearly as much for AI as you would for human touch Which IS leading to people losing jobs. no disrespect to you because I’ve seen this argument a few times now,but I think that comparison is half baked and dismissive to the bigger issues. I see what you mean, but there have been plenty of amazing, creative, inventive photographers while the ethics of AI are at the forefront in this day and age. You didn’t need to steal art to create a photograph, the environmental impact over the last 100 years of photography doesn’t rival what tech industries are doing jow
Apr 15, 2025
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@marxinista
@DEARDOVESWINGS yes yes yes… i feel like the part on process also pairs well with thinking about the anti-abstract art (and anti-art adjacent to abstract) sentiments i see a lot of online. i saw this thing recently about yves klein and how he invented IKB and people (today on the internet) were like ”who cares it’s just blue” !!! everything is so automatic to us we’re losing touch with the idea of process and its importance and meaning
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@deardoveswings
@UGLIESTBINCH i’m totally in agreement with you! which is why i was careful to liken it to the sentiment not the practice itself. i was having a convo with another artist acquaintance recently and it’s more like the sort of people who defend gen ai are also the same ones in our dms unhappy with prices and end up getting mad at artist for knowing their worth. these people feel an entitlement towards art and creation and sometimes a accompanying smugness towards artists. it will no doubt fuck w jobs but all i can do is keep drawing and make weird faces at people who sing praises about it irl.
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@deardoveswings
@MARXINISTA the process is what helps the artist grow and create. it also just feel miraculous to finish a piece sometimes and the pro-ai heads will never be able to truly replicate that so i sleep decent. i really do loathe the “i could’ve done that” kind of people. you’d think people would have grown out of that by now.
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@deardoveswings
@DEARDOVESWINGS sorry guys my @ feature was acting funky thank you both for the tidbits of thought <3
Apr 15, 2025
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@ugliestbinch
@DEARDOVESWINGS my b! I realize I misread part of your comment! speaking of price tho, have you seen what some independent ai creators are charging for prints??? I saw one a while back that was prints of AI generated fashion for 200$!!! They were big prints, but still!
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@marxinista
@DEARDOVESWINGS OMG that’s so it. gen ai art is empowering the “i could’ve done that” people further because they think getting a computer to do a soulless uncanny version of an art piece is “doing it” themselves
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