MisterBowTies t1_izawv19 wrote on December 7, 2022 at 7:40 PM

I want to know who this is actually hurting. Is having cheap ai art causing people not to buy from human artists? I understand that the programs gather data from other images but isn't that pretty much how humans learn what things look like? The ai isn't preventing artists from existing and offering their services, it is up to people to put value in human effort and skill.

_izari_ t1_izcysst wrote on December 8, 2022 at 4:39 AM

The answer is yes, there are people selling “aI art in the style of artist” already online for a fraction of the price an original. It devalues the artists work and is a form of theft we don’t have a name for yet

MisterBowTies t1_izczyc4 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 4:50 AM

Ok THAT is different then. Everything I've heard of so far was that it would generate art based off of thousands of images, not knocking off any one artist or marketing it as in any one artists style. But I also don't think that what makes an artists work valuable is its uniqueness. We should support artists, crafters and makers because of the human element, the skill and time it took. If people are buying a particular artists lookalikes they don't really value that artist.

_izari_ t1_izd1k9r wrote on December 8, 2022 at 5:05 AM

You’re not wrong, and there will always be people who value the human part of art.

I think the issue here is a lot more abstract and wide scale.

The argument that’s happening right now is in its infancy - what we’re going to see down the line when all this goes to market for practical use is going to be interesting. I’m cynical but all I can think is the thousands of corporate creative jobs on the line in near future.

Like why would Disney pay a team of real humans a living wage and all the benefits that come with that to animate a film / show when they can feed their Disney style to an AI that can do all that work for them for a fraction of that cost? For the love of art? This is what I see coming and why I think it’s important we really have this discussion now while it’s fresh and not yet at it’s full potential

MisterBowTies t1_izd2dg6 wrote on December 8, 2022 at 5:13 AM

I feel like it would ultimately be up to consumers to vote with their dollar. If no one watched an animated movie because the company used an ai instead of human artists the company would stop real quick. I'm curious, how do you feel self check out registers? Or CAD machines? Both are examples of machines reducing or replacing humans.