I think the implication is that if you take away the AI tools, the AI bros can no longer make art. Whereas a “real artist” can make art from just about anything.
I’ve also seen people write that AI “democratizes art” and “makes art more accessible”, when making art is literally the most accessible human activity besides breathing.
A lot of their trouble is that they see the art as being the thing that the artist makes, the product, and believe that it is something an artist jealously hoards unless paid sufficiently to part with some of it. Capitalist brain rot basically, but most of these folk are so deeply immersed in capitalism they can only think in those terms.
Likewise artists who have grown used to being paid for their art see their livelihoods threatened, not because thier ability to make art is being taken, but because they can no longer control access to the product of art. Those who appreciate the process will still try to buy their work, but that is a much smaller market and it’s only going to shrink as artists need to push up the per piece price because they can’t sell in bulk to corps.
Of course I think we can keep furry smut in business. Even if we don’t buy often there are a lot of us, and I think we can maintain a culture of favouring human process.
making art is literally the most accessible human activity besides breathing.
To just make anything sure, but if you’ve got a specific idea in your head you want realized, well that’s going to take development of skill and talent. Breathing requires no skill or talent whatsoever.
I’ve had ideas in my head, concepts for artwork I wanted realized, but lacked the skill to actually bring it to life. Before GenAI, my only option was to pay to have it commissioned which gets prohibitively expensive really quick for an individual.
That’s what people mean when they say “makes art more accessible”, getting the idea of exactly what they want in their head realized without having to drop 200$
Absolutely fuck companies using it when they can pay for all the art commissions they need or have artists on staff though
AI bros have a real penchant for making artists out to be some cult of ivory tower elitists and that AI is the Great Equalizer knocking them off their high horses and giving them access to the good old boys club or whatever.
I think the implication is that if you take away the AI tools, the AI bros can no longer make art. Whereas a “real artist” can make art from just about anything.
I’ve also seen people write that AI “democratizes art” and “makes art more accessible”, when making art is literally the most accessible human activity besides breathing.
A lot of their trouble is that they see the art as being the thing that the artist makes, the product, and believe that it is something an artist jealously hoards unless paid sufficiently to part with some of it. Capitalist brain rot basically, but most of these folk are so deeply immersed in capitalism they can only think in those terms.
Likewise artists who have grown used to being paid for their art see their livelihoods threatened, not because thier ability to make art is being taken, but because they can no longer control access to the product of art. Those who appreciate the process will still try to buy their work, but that is a much smaller market and it’s only going to shrink as artists need to push up the per piece price because they can’t sell in bulk to corps.
Of course I think we can keep furry smut in business. Even if we don’t buy often there are a lot of us, and I think we can maintain a culture of favouring human process.
To just make anything sure, but if you’ve got a specific idea in your head you want realized, well that’s going to take development of skill and talent. Breathing requires no skill or talent whatsoever.
I’ve had ideas in my head, concepts for artwork I wanted realized, but lacked the skill to actually bring it to life. Before GenAI, my only option was to pay to have it commissioned which gets prohibitively expensive really quick for an individual.
That’s what people mean when they say “makes art more accessible”, getting the idea of exactly what they want in their head realized without having to drop 200$
Absolutely fuck companies using it when they can pay for all the art commissions they need or have artists on staff though
Wait, so it’s ok for you to avoid having to pay for art, but not companies?
AI bros have a real penchant for making artists out to be some cult of ivory tower elitists and that AI is the Great Equalizer knocking them off their high horses and giving them access to the good old boys club or whatever.
Art bros when they accidentally discredit all photographers