StarboundBard t1_j332ozs wrote on January 5, 2023 at 6:47 PM

Reply to comment by TheTowerBard in Vermont's super villain by PassionsBite

Ha, I for one welcome our skynet overlords (kidding).

I feel a little "old man shakes fist at sky" with this stance, but, I really believe AI art is a good assistive tool for artists who still have a creative vision / final product in mind, the AI might do a lot of the leg work but the artist still has the attention to detail, like making the art actually relevant to the viewer, or the viewers context.

This ain't that. This screams to me bot account that was fed a list of all 50 states with the word "Villian" tagged onto the end so that they have some easy content to post for those sweet, sweet likes.

A God, or God villian of Vermont should reflect our wild life, our landscape, our flannel-clad Co-op sticker wielding people, *something* from our state.

TheTowerBard t1_j333n13 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 6:52 PM

Agreed on all counts and you have this situation pegged fairly, I’d say. I also happen to be an artist and graphic designer by trade and agree that AI art could absolutely be an amazing tool for artists. We happen to love reference material and those things can spit out some gnarly reference material. It can also be an amazing tool for getting some luls and likes on social media. The issue is that corpos might start using it instead of hiring human beings like me. I’m one of the lucky ones with a fairly secure position in my field, but I know a lot of artists that are very not ok with the new advances in AI art software and are growing concerned for the future.