![]() ![]() Do I need to tell you why stealing and parading someone else’s art as your own is a terrible, vile thing to do?īut sure, you did ask me to refrain from “fearmongering, moralizing or bootlicking”, which I guess I’ve already done. Oh yeah, by the way, that’s how AI art tools have been making the rounds: by chewing on thousands upon thousands of stolen pictures made by actual people so that they may learn how to ape someone’s style and spit out absolutely soulless derivatives, while the original authors don’t see a lick of recognition or monetary retribution for any of it. I’m talking about the tech bros happily rubbing their hands, waiting to provide business moguls with a brand new means to commodify and mass-produce what artists stake their entire livelihoods upon, because when you have enough zeroes lined up in your bank account, your eyes are utterly blinded to the soul and personality that human beings put into their handiwork, and which a machine won’t ever be able to reproduce no matter how much stolen art you feed it. ![]() Now, the problem isn’t people, period, but the kind of people that are responsible for giving AI the bad rep it’s been getting, along with the intent that goes into both the development of AI tools and the things produced by dint of said tools. It’s the human element that taints what we could otherwise enjoy for the unquestioningly fascinating topic that is AI art and, by extension, AI software as a whole. The issue with AI art isn’t specifically inherent to the tools used to produce it, because, ultimately, a tool is merely that: something devoid of will which, in the hands of a human, can produce a specific outcome. I’m going to answer in good faith, even though the tone you’re using sounds like you’re harboring anything but. ![]()
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