#Hnnggnggg gimme art

[dreams-of-wind-and-void]

In a world where capitalism hasn't ruined everything, this might not be bad.

Ai art gives people who have ideas, but not (yet) the skills to visualize or create the things they want a tool to do just that. A tool you can use to give form to complex ideas and at least approximate what you had in mind, to create a rough shape you can build upon. All the while, those making art can continue to do so, working on their craft and enjoying the process of creation.

However, capitalism exists. We need to pay a mandatory subscription fee on life. If you have a day job, you probably won't be able to create as much as you want to (I know I can't). So artists, who hone their skill through endless practice, who enjoy this practice and enjoy the process, need to be paid so they can be artists.

Ai art is a great tool. But it's currently being used in the most capitalistic way imaginable; to cut costs and replace human skill with cheap algorithms. It has been a tool for people to be creative with not too long ago, when it was still janky and weird. And it was great for it. Now that it has become "good enough" to pass the 0.5 seconds someone takes to look at a picture on their timeline, it's being used to make money. No matter that every ai piece I've seen so far falls completely apart under close scrutiny.

Ai art is a tool, just like the mechanical loom was just a tool. And just like the mechanical loom allowed factories to exploit unlearned workers instead of paying skilled weavers, ai generators will allow companies to cut costs by getting an intern to generate images and slap them together, instead of paying artists and designers.

Ai art generators will become another tool to just create Content. A product to sell. It makes it even more important, at least to me, to find enjoyment in the process more than in the end result of it. And to try and seek out art, from artists who enjoy the creation process and put a piece of themself into their art, to support them in what little ways one can.

I FUCKING TOLD YALL THIS SHIT WAS COMING AND YOU DIDNT BELIEVE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE