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I've stumbled upon the various discussions about AI generative art, and to get the surface stuff out of the way; my opinion, I don't really care, it's here to stay, boo hoo, life goes on.
What I want to focus on is the discussion in the circles of artists, because as artist myself, there seems to be a lot bigger problem, that being the monetization of art. It seems that every time, the argument boils down to money, and what the bigger problem to me is that it is always talked about like money is the only thing that matters, the reason to make art. As if not making money is reason to just stop creating.
I have tried AI, I have an image generator on my PC, but I have not used it for a good while, and have no want to use it, why? because i'm an artist. I used it, it was kinda cool how things just appeared in front of me, but the novelty wore off, it became dull, boring; it wasn't satisfying. So I went back to drawing.
With AI, I can make several, photo-realistic pictures of almost anything I want in few hours, but instead i always go back to krita, take out my drawing table, and use days, even weeks to draw yet another, flat-styled drawing of a character with weird anatomy, bad hands and awful feet, why? Because I don't draw for money or fame, I have never, and likely will never sell anything I create; and there's like 2 people who as much as acknowledge my posts; Hi you two
, I draw, because I like drawing, I like creating, coming up with characters, and I post it, because to me, if even one person sees it and gets inspired, like I have gotten inspired from so many pictures others have made, human or AI, I've succeeded.
It doesn't matter if AI takes over, Art isn't going anywhere, because creative people create for sake of creating, and if you only create for money or for numbers on your screen, walk to a mirror, reconsider your priorities in life, and take a walk in nature; Life sucks, Earth is a hellhole, Humanity is awful, so enjoy creativity, the one thing nobody can take away from you;except you yourself.
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I share the same thoughts, I have nothing against those who enjoy AI and want to use it, if there are people happy for using it, then good for them, but I don't want to be forced into it, I don't like it, I want to continue doing my own arts with my own efforts, I actually never used AI and never wanted to use it since day 1, I have no interest, I love doing arts without asking a computer to do it for me.
As for the people who talk about money, I honestly understand them, they are just scared of losing their jobs, of course that just because of AI they shouldn't stop making art, but it's a fact that so many years working in the industry, working with something you love may change your mentality, some just continue because they're still talented and not so much because they love it anymore, so I understand why so many people talk about money in these discussions, there are many people who live only because of the money they earn from artistic work.
But these people also need to accept that, even though their frustration and concerns are justifiable, this is just the natural order of technological evolution, there's no way to avoid it, many people also complained about the technological evolutions in the past, many jobs also were erased from existence, that's how it works, so we indeed need to continue doing it for our own passion.
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I'd actually argue that it is more important now than ever to hold on that passion than ever before, corporations will use AI, they will fill the markets with generated, soulless garbage , and only through creative people with the passion to create, will humanity's soul survive. Times like these are not the times to give up, but the times to keep going out of spite; in the time of gray-cube buildings, white rooms, minimalist logos and other generic, soulless corporate efficiency, non-profit-focused creativity is an act of rebellion....
I need to stop thinking about these things at night
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