#either buy art or make it youself quit CHEATING off other people

[alaveii]

ok legitimately this pisses me off so much. art is defined (quite literally!*) by humanity’s role in creating it. a bird cannot create art. a dog cannot create art. an elephant cannot create art. even if you can dig up a hundred thousand paintings that were made by animals, they still cannot be defined as art. the animal cannot and will not create art by their own desire, as they have no such desires.

by definition ‘ai art’ does not qualify as art because it was not created by an actual person. no one actually worked, tried, failed, experimented, practiced to generate an ‘ai art’ piece. no one put in effort or intent. the only human influence these pieces have is that a human ordered they be made.

this would be akin to crediting an art piece to the commissioner rather than the artist. it sounds ridiculous, because it is. (do ai users even pay for their softwares?)

you cannot refer to a mimicry as the true, because it never will be, no matter how much you try.

art is not defined by the final product, it is defined by the labor and emotion that is put into making it. by stripping a piece of those crucial aspects that it give meaning and value, you not only devalue the piece to a forgery of an actual but rob those around you.

ai art has become rather prevalent, especially in fandom spaces, over the past few years. while i (personally) have no problem either it being used for reference or inspiration (some artists do), the main issue with it is that

its not actual art, and thus something of a mockery to actual artists (who may spend years developing their skills) who put genuine love and effort to spread their enjoyment of media

as it has gotten more prevalent, it places more suspicion on actual artists as to whether their pieces are real

this is incredibly discouraging to artists, to have their effort be critiqued and accused of being false. it can discourage artists from sharing their work in fandom spaces, because 1) who would want to be accused of plagiarism for something they created with their own hands but also 2) they are aware that by sharing their work, they raise the possibility that their work will be stolen and they will be accused of being the thief.

ai art steals from artists. thats just how it works. it takes pieces from the internet, cuts and splices them together, then spits out an image (or images) for the person who ordered them.

on the matter of being outshone, that will happen regardless of whether ai is in the question or not. there will always be someone better than you in some aspect, and you, as the artist will see that most prevalently. this is not a matter of quality, it is perspective. you are your own worst critic. similarly, you may be much better than someone else at something, but you won’t realize it because its not something youd notice unless you carefully scrutinize multiple pieces.

theres no such thing as ‘the best artist.’ you can have a favorite artist, but that boils down to personal opinion. it’s part of what makes art so beautiful, that so many people can excel at the same time, without being artists of different forms, styles, or even medias. everyone can be incredible in art, if only they put in the effort.

an athlete will not become olympic level simply because they command it so, they have to work for it. it’s the same principle with art, to exercise your mind, wrists, fingers, palms, forearms, shoulders, your creativity to become talented, to become someone worthy of mass admiration. that is how you become a good artist. that is how you become good at anything.

art is not defined by the final product, it is defined by the labor and emotion that is put into making it. by stripping a piece of those crucial aspects that it give meaning and value, you not only devalue the piece to a forgery, but also rob both those who share interests with you and yourself of authenticity.

Your comments about AI users being talentless tells me you don't really understand art. It's about the product, not the tools. You can waste your life learning how to use a thousand of brushes and programs and you'll be easily outshone by someone who uses AI to draw what they want. The 'talentless' usually crow on about techniques and tools and miss the point of making art.

"You can waste your life learning how to use a thousand brushes and programs" And there, this is the attitude of the non-artists-AI-lovers in a nutshell. You see, drawing artists like using brushes. "Someone who uses AI to draw what they want."

No. If you instruct the AI to do something, you aren't 'drawing' anything. "The talentless" The 'talentless' is you. Telling an AI what image you want to be drawn doesn't require any talent.