bird discourse on AI art
I already muted the guy who prompted this reply over there, but cross posting this because realizing maybe I need to be more direct https://twitter.com/lifewinning/status/1615349937310400515
Freelance artists posting work online as a part of making a living aren't getting billions of dollars of investment from Microsoft to produce work. OpenAI is. None of those billions of dollars are going back to artists, who *will likely have less work bc of these tools.*
bird discourse on AI art
I kind of left behind musing on influence and creativity and attribution after my freshman year of art school, but I realize that most of the people raising these questions are probably encountering them for the first time and think they are Very Interesting. Fine. Just feel like it's weird to talk about AI art stuff independent of like, power and money as though art exists somewhere magically unsullied by both.
bird discourse on AI art
“A software company with a scaling business model isn't the same kind of actor as a freelance illustrator.”
ingrid i just want to say i clapped when i read this, thank you
bird discourse on AI art
@beep feels weird it even has to be said Ethan, and yet
bird discourse on AI art
@ingrid oh extremely
but if we gotta be stuck in the dumbest timeline,,,
bird discourse on AI art, last thing I promise
@ingrid It’s only creative if I like it, Ingrid
bird discourse on AI art, last thing I promise
thinking more than is necessary about whether people trying to talk about AI art in terms of creativity and drawing inspiration to make something new are also people who violently hated The Last Jedi