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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!!!!"
A teaching aid doesn't do the teachers job for them in the same way AI doesn’t make art.
These are tools, not artists, there are good uses for LLMs and dispersion models, but replacing art, artists, expression, thought process, and the human condition in general, are not good or properly utilized ways to try to use them.
Some things are difficult. Creating things is difficult, learning a new skill is difficult, self expression is difficult, it just is, it’s how we grow and how we learn. Handing over the difficult parts of something for a generic filler is literally giving up your effort and input for a tech bro insert, you’re surrendering your own personal identity, potential, growth, and expression every time you use any sort of generative AI and letting commercialism fill in the gaps. Don’t be a tool.
Im arguing that these are tools for artists, not to replace them.
If they’re doing the work for you then you are using them as a replacement. It’s hack shit for hacks. You’re a hack, not an artist, you’re being fed slop, not creating art.