Amazing_Elk_9392 t1_ja9s9og wrote on February 27, 2023 at 9:57 PM

An honest question… a lot of artists say they are mad because AI scrapes the internet for photos and then uses the ‘knowledge’ to creat its own imagery with consent or credit. But isn’t that literally what all Artists do? Or many? Go to art school, study the greats, learn by copying their styles, then one day you become good enough to sit down and think of a ‘prompt’ in your head and make art.

I agree that AI art should be labeled as such, but I don’t think it’s any less of an art (especially when you’re working with photoshop to post process it etc) but why are artist mad about its existence and feel like there is ‘credit’ due?

Not trying to be contrarian, looking for a conversation and input from artists.

SPKmnd90 t1_jabplqe wrote on February 28, 2023 at 7:26 AM

I think it's about the world of difference between someone dedicating a sizable portion of their life to perfecting their craft and someone else spending a few minutes typing in a prompt with the inclusion of "in the style of ____"

It's worth making a distinction between a human interpretation vs. that of a computer because of the sheer sacrifice that goes into the work.

I'm not an artist, but I sympathize with what dedicated artists are dealing with right now.