This is a bit of a sticking point for me, and itβs such a bummer in so many ways.
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I believe art to be a uniquely human endeavor, so anything thatβs created by an AI is by definition not art.
It sucks that it steals from artists.Β It sucks that artists get put in positions where they are now required to defend themselves against AI use accusations.Β It sucks that itβs stealing jobs: draftsmen, voice actors, editors, photographers, videographers, designers, etc.
It sucks that people think writing a prompt that an AI then reads, scans its rolodex of real artists, and spits out a cheap, passionless imitation makes them an artist.
To that last point, the reason that sucks is that AI user is depriving themselves of working on their craft; theyβre giving up on their passion, passing the buck to an automated theft machine, then displaying the work as their own.
Theyβre not just depriving themselves, theyβre depriving the world of another artist.Β Maybe that person puts the time in, develops the skills of their medium, gets creative, and becomes the artist they want to be.Β The world is better with more art in it.
Art is communication.Β If youβre letting a machine do that for you, youβve removed yourself from humanity.Β If we let creative AI do our thinking, writing, drawing, etcβ¦ whatβs left for us?
Whatβs the point of existing if we outsource the cultural enrichment of the human experience to a computer?
One other thing that sucks is that there are people I respect, some of whom are friends of mine, that do use generative AI for creative work.Β It sucks that Iβm afraid Iβll have offended them with this strip.
But to anyone offended, Iβll present a counterargument.Β
When you use AI to create your art, youβre asking us to do something that you wonβt do yourself.Β
An AI βartistβ asks their audience to give their human care an attention to something that they didnβt put human care and attention into making.
And I find that offensive.
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