I am a seasoned professional digital artist.
today, on linkedin, I have been lectured by techbros, NFTs, Metaverse enthusiasts posting "AI Art" and claiming to be actual artists.
According to them, I am a gatekeeping luddite who doesn't understand art...
I get how doctor and nurses felt during covid now.
To be lectured by egotistical unskilled morons desperately trying to vampirise your discipline in a vain attempt to gain (steal in this case) undue prestige.
@Qanno as long as they do a qualified job at curating the output of the tool, big if I know, I think they are in the right. AI is a tool like any other, used well it can be art.
@ekg I have no problem with admitting it's Art!
It's just not your Art.
I'm taking issue with people who have no history of learning the craft, claiming they 'made' AI generated pictures taking an actual artist's years of work whithout consent and claiming to be the author of whatever the tool generates.
I respect the craft and effort that goes into becoming an Artist. They don't. They just want the 'title' and the fame.
But they're not ready to put in the effort to deserve it...
@Qanno fair enough. yeah, it sucks when people try to free ride on qualified work when they do not possess the skills or knowledge necessary to produce said work.
It's just a bit to easy to blame the tools sometimes.
I should also add that it also sucks when people who do possess the necessary skills and knowledge steel others work, it's just less apparent.
@Qanno I agree but one thing. Engineers didn't come up with AI Art, just the tool artists use to produce AI Art.
It's not art until it has assigned meaning, only humans can do that.
This of course doesn't preclude an engineer from doing that, just that they do that outside the work of engineering.
@ekg I am very impressed with what engineers have come up with AI Art.
Honestly, it's more a political and ethical issue than a technical one I think.
I have nothing against instagram pages that brand themselves as AI art pages and get followers by sharing the best prompts!
An AI subculture is a great thing as long as it's not pretending to be what it's not.
And I even admit that if modified enough, AI Art can be legitimate as part of the creative process! (like photobashing)