I'm just reluctant to say that AI cannot ever possibly be used to generate art, because clippings from magazines can be used to generate art. A jar of piss and a crucifix can be used to generate art. Someone far more creative than me could conceivably, theoretically, use these tools to generate something worthwhile.

This comic isn't art. It's a glorified reaction gif. Everything that I've seen from AI is more like a glorified reaction gif than art.

When you tell generative AI to make a picture you're commissioning something from an algorithm. Davinci created a work of art in the Mona Lisa, the patrician who commissioned the painting did not create art.

[–] PKMKII@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago

I'm just reluctant to say that AI cannot ever possibly be used to generate art, because clippings from magazines can be used to generate art. A jar of piss and a crucifix can be used to generate art. Someone far more creative than me could conceivably, theoretically, use these tools to generate something worthwhile.

Collaging is a form of that artistic reflection of the world I was talking about. So yeah, I could see a version of that being done with AI.

When you tell generative AI to make a picture you're commissioning something from an algorithm. Davinci created a work of art in the Mona Lisa, the patrician who commissioned the painting did not create art.

Which is what a lot of these AI “artists” are after, the feeling of being a patrician with the largesse to get art made for them.

[–] Philosoraptor@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

When you tell generative AI to make a picture you're commissioning something from an algorithm. Davinci created a work of art in the Mona Lisa, the patrician who commissioned the painting did not create art.

Great analogy, comrade. I like that a lot.