Ai ART: I'm angry at artists

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Soar - Scott Buckley

[theeidofe]

My art being in the dataset is probably the reason behind 60% off all bad hands being generated. Im doing my part.

[LumaFuwari]

My biggest issue with AI art is that now everyone thinks my REAL art is AI. But jokes on my accusers I actually just can't shade properly

[angelopouIos]

To artists,
don't fear that AI will replace the entire art industry. People who want human art will always want human art. Whether you're making money from your art or doing it as a hobby, just keep going. artistic expression is a beautiful part of humanity and also you can draw optimus prime and sans undertale kissing mwah mwah mwah

[k.k.a]

Man, it still sucks that Kim Jung Gi is gone, guy was my inspiration

[artisticallypri]

I love how Ethan takes this big issue on AI art and just flips it on its head with an anime “it’s the friends we made along the way” type of solution.

[beesmcgee]

This whole AI thing has also got me thinkin about why I make art. At first I was depressed... what's the point in making pretty stuff if a machine can do it in 5 seconds? Then I thought, well I don't make art just to make pretty stuff. The struggle is part of the joy. I tried playing with these AI tools and I'm like.. so that's it? I can make a pretty thing with minimal effort... But then what? What's the point? I like art because I put part of myself and my history into it. I can use it to express feelings and connect with other people.

But it sucks for the commercial side of things and artist jobs. No getting around that.

[rosiepond]

I think people are forgetting how FUN is to actually paint! Art is not olny about the creation but the process :D

[morii_moth]

i remember exact discussions only a few years ago abt how Ai might take our phyical labour jobs, like waiting or cooking or construction, but they would never be able to do "creative" work, they could never create art or music. shits scary 😭😭

[yasminedrawss]

The kim jung gi one was really messed up tbh

[sarahmakosky]

The one good thing that Ai did for me was that it made me appreciate the community so much more and appreciate the art that humans make 1000x more.

[ComicLaw]

Graphic artist turned copyright lawyer/professor weighing in here. I’ve spent the better part of past two decades teaching copyright and contract law at law schools, art schools, ComicCon’s, etc. A huge part of the problem is the art school model here in the US. Rare is the art school that puts serious effort behind teaching its students copyright and contract issues that are at the heart of every artist’s career.
Quite literally every time I teach at a new school or guest lecture for an art teacher I spend the majority of the time undoing the misinformation passed on to the students by professors who think that creativity is the only thing that matters in an artist’s career.
But here’s the funny thing: it’s not the art students to feel that way. I’m a product of art school myself and can tell you that the students who have taught for the past 10 years have been increasingly hungry for information on how to turn their art into a sustainable career. But if the school administration is not prioritizing the protection of art or the licensing of an artist's work product, they are failing their graduates.
You may be wondering why this is at all relevant to the issue of AI?
Simple: copyright law is complex and often counterintuitive. However, virtually everybody in the tech space knew this was coming for years now. Ask yourself — how many of you in art school learned about the encroaching copyright issues of AI-generated art? What would’ve happened if the art community had been informed before everything hits the fan this year was AI art? As both a practicing attorney and an academic I think it likely that you would have well-researched position papers and nonprofit arts groups seeking to bring cases to court to challenge the AI encroachment BEFORE this “AI-Artmageddon.”

[apoenaabreu]

Idk man ever since AI popped up i feel like i want to be an artist even harder than before. To me, the point of making art is making art, and art to me has always been about overcoming expectations.
Im not at all good to this point, but fuck it I'm having fun with my watercolors and no AI will change that lol

[Fries]

I don't care that people use AI, I just hate when people use it to steal other people's unfinished art and post it like it was always their own work. An artist was live streaming his work when someone took a screen shot of it and then put it through an AI program to finish it faster than him and then had the audacity to claim the streamer stole his work.

[lolaholliday]

"Maybe the real art is the friends we made along the way" 🧐

[shaylac]

Honestly one thing not talked about enought is the mental health aspect of ai on artists. I've seen so much harasmment from non artists to artists, its so degrading. The art community has some of the most kind people I've ever met, but having a hoard of 20 some strangers telling you your replaceable, artists shouldn’t be paid because its not labour and how art isn't a "real job" all beacuse you dislike AI art. I was lucky enough to recently find a concept art position, and now I'm going back to school to learn 3D. As sad as I feel, Its motivation to learn a new skill, and to have more opportunities going forward.

Job security feels like the wild west too.

[dawsonb]

What defines you as an artist isn't just your Art style. It's the story that you wish to tell through it.
AI can't relate to a community like an artist can so.
Us artists must stay determined that's what's REAL!!!

[LizzieShiro]

This whole AI chapter is interesting to say the least. But I am tired of the generated images. They all look the same and it gets ugly after a while.

[LehTieKah]

I got my first ever commissions and an interview for a news site by standing up against ai art and showing people what I'm capable of as a human being. Couldn't be more proud of what's happening, I hope we soon get our rights as artists protected by law

[boi]

Even tracers spend more effort in their work compared to prompters, wild 💀.

[doodlebug_doodles]

I love the art community, it may have it's strange sides and it's own little squabbles, but ultimately we are all just people who love to make art and share it with others. So long as we aren't snuffed out by AI I'm glad that we are coming together to stand against something we oppose