#put julia margaret cameron in the hague

[3liza]

AI is not neutral, if it ever was it certainly isn't now. And I have never seen it used as an effective tool in any step of the creative process, especially not in any way that is not actively detrimental to the development of the artist in question. As a professional artist and writer, I am of the incredibly firm opinion that using AI generated images and text will not help anyone learn how to refine your own creative process-- there is no art that is unskilled labor, no step of the process you can just automate without it feeling less human, less expressive, less like you are sharing a part of yourself and your own mind with the viewer. Looking at another artist's work for inspiration is perfectly normal and helpful, but you can already do that without using a tool built on harvested artworks from thousands of artists who are unaware their art is being put into a blender and churned out into something new to be touted about as if it was pulled from nothing. The fact that this is the foundation of the tools means they are NOT neutral software. Their current application as an attempt to cut artists out of their skilled labor positions just cements this.

we should smash every camera and printer and printing press and nail gun and refrigerator and woodblock and copper plate etching and acrylic painting in the world immediately before its too late