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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!!!”
not everyone want to put in effort to get a desirable result.
art is a product just like a tire or sheet of paper.
Sure, and you’ll be treated like someone who doesn’t want to spend any money or put any effort into it: useless. Whatever is generated won’t have any life to it because there wasn’t intent with the creation processes; only a statistical algorithm.
Art isn’t just a product. Sure, it can be, but how many people are making comics or memes online and aren’t being paid? There’s a ton. That proves it’s more than just a product, because a product is made to be sold. It can be a product, but it often isn’t, and even when it is that’s only a part of it.
No one is going to pay for something they can just generate themselves, so AI “art” is not even a product. It’s worthless, and a sink of resources to create.
if you aren’t being paid to do it then it’s a hobby and that’s ok, but papermaking is a hobby too and that doesn’t make paper any less of a commodity.
Art is a subjective expression. What is a tire or sheet of paper trying to express?
Also, desirable results require effort, that’s a simple fact, you’d be stupid to think or expect otherwise.
Could be any number of things. An extreme attention to detail, a production process with a political message, an innovative use of materials, etc… Putting artificial limits on which human creations are allowed to be fulfilling and engaging is foolish.
Nothing about the use of AI or any other technology/tool/process precludes effort. A vast majority of pictures taken in the world today are disposal trash, but that doesn’t mean you can’t make meaningful art with your iPhone.
I disagree.