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If you're a bloke—like me, and don't quite know or understand why AI art is largely frowned upon, here's a comprehensive guide, condensed for you to read and review from. This will stay as a checkpoint for anyone who has any confusion on AI-generated art pieces.
This post is not intended to sham anyone who only uses part elements or less than 30% AGI art content and makes their own work. At some point, even traditional or digital artists use something as a scale reference and make something that's totally new. This is for those who completely use AI art for their creation. Regardless, at the end of the day, to use or not to use is still up to you and we're only discussing "why it's frowned upon" not "why do you have no braincells left?" Okay, maybe that was harsh—but the point is, you can have your own stand and not agree with the post.
Source: Monika Zagrobelna on her blog "Why Artists Don't Like AI Art" at monikazagrobelna.com
Most people are capable of producing great things in their imagination—interesting characters, terrifying creatures, breath-taking locations, and captivating scenes. But bringing these creations into reality always required skill, skill required practice, and practice required time and effort. Most people can't afford that, so they had to accept the fact that they will never see the products of their imagination in reality (unless they would pay someone for that!).
That was true, until now. The AI art generators like Midjourney, DALLE-2, and Stable Diffusion have allowed non-artists to describe their creation to a computer program, and then see an approximation of what they imagined right there, on screen—in high quality, with sharp details and vibrant colors. But if it's so great, then why are artists so upset about it? Are they just salty that fewer people will need their services? Maybe, but this issue is far more nuanced than that.
Argument #1: There's No Difference Between AI Art and Human Art
"If it looks like art, then why does it matter how it was created? If in an art contest, then isn't that a confirmation that AI is just as capable as a human in terms of creating art?"
Let's do an experiment. Here's an image—what do you think about it?
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This image can make you feel certain emotions, you can also admire the skill of the photographer who captured and edited this composition. But what if I told you it's not a photo? What if I told you it's actually a photo-realistic painting?
Now you can experience a whole new set of emotions. You might have admired the skills of a photographer, but taking a good quality photo and editing it is still easier than creating a photo-realistic artwork. So many things can go wrong, so many mistakes that can break the illusion—and the artist managed to avoid them all! When you're aware of this, the same image can seem much more amazing to you.
But let me tell you something even more shocking: the artist who painted it has lost her arms in an accident, and she paints... with her feet! So what do you think about this artwork now?
