Post #2357567
2026-04-24 11:53 UTC
So much of art is figuring out how to make the materials do what you want.
It isn't nearly as much about having a beautiful creative vision as people who don't create regularly seem to think.
This is why so-called 'AI art' is so empty. You didn't work out how to do that.
'I put in the right prompt.' So what? That is a tiny amount of effort, and largely uninteresting. All the thought and passion and creativity went into the millions of pieces you're stealing from.>
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@rubyjones@wandering.shop 2026-04-24 11:58
>'But it still looks beautiful!' Sometimes! I'm not someone who is going to deny there's any aesthetic appeal to 'AI art'. But there's very little artifice. I was initially intrigued - honestly, as a cognitive scientist I have been excitedly following this technology for years to see where it leads as it *does* mimic some aspects of how we believe thoughts and imagery are formed in the brain. That's really cool! It also hasn't changed much in 20 years. What changed was wholesale theft.>