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01: A girl labeled ‘Artists’ is holding a drawing tablet and pen under her arm. She is wearing round glasses and a blue sweatshirt. She has messy dark-brown hair and a brown skin-tone. She says “We don’t really wanna MAKE A.I. art.”

02: A guy labeled ‘Art Enjoyers’ holds his hand out while speaking. She is wearing a purple and yellow hawaiian shirt with a floral pattern over a white t-shirt, and has red hair and a light skin-tone. He says “We don’t really wanna SEE A.I. art.”

03: Behind them both, there is a cute girl in a business suit with a pink tie. She is blushing a bit and has pink eyeshadow, and looks upset. Her messy shoulder-length hair is parted in the middle, and held by two hairclips: one that looks like a red arrow pointing down, and one that looks like a green arrow pointing up. She says “Um … I-Isn’t there someone you forgot to ask?” She is labeled ‘Shareholders’.

04: She puffs up her cheeks and pouts, a tear is on the verge of falling from one of her eyes. ‘Artist Enjoyers’ Guy is now in front of her yelling “AH!! SHAREHOLDERS-CHAN!!” while ‘Artists’ Girl is in front of her yelling “WE’RE SORRY WE HURT YOU!!!”

  • Cethin@lemmy.zipEnglish
    192·
    4 days ago

    If he and Warhol are allowed skilled assistants, why not me?

    OK, two things:

    1. Skilled assistants are actually skilled assistants. LLMs are not.

    2. You are specifically saying that you don’t want to develop skill. Once you do, then you can take on assistants and train them. You’ve explicitly stated you don’t have the skill where an assistant would be useful. Sure, you can hire someone to make art for you, but they aren’t an assistant. They’re doing the work and you aren’t. They’re the artist, you’re just paying them.

    Stop complaining and just learn how to make art. No one was born with the skill or talent. They just practiced and learned. You want to skip this and act like you’re still doing anything interesting or useful. You aren’t. You can, you just refuse to and still want to be treated like you are.

    • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
      532·
      4 days ago

      Skilled assistants are actually skilled assistants. LLMs are not.

      LMMs/diffusion models can do something I cannot, that takes lots of training to perfect. That’s a skill.

      They’re the artist, you’re just paying them.

      The artist is the idea generator, not the labourer. Architects are the artists. Construction workers not.

      Stop complaining and just learn how to make art.

      I can learn using AI.