AI image generation discussion.
All this whole thing about AI image generation it's a very difficult topic for me.
Far from being a black or white case as most people want to make it, for me it's the most of the grayest thing ever, so it's hard for me to stand behind one point of view.
For one part, as someone who is a fan of technology and all it's advances, i think AI image generation is no short of a miracle, and a technology related invention on the part of things of the internet or the very microchip, so it's only natural for me to be interested in this thing and want to experiment with it.
On the other side, as someone who has creative ambitions, i totally understand the feelings of artists who amy feel a little (or a lot) of discomfort with this technology: the fact that it syphons actual art to make images that may appeal to a lot of people. I totally understand the feelings that this technology can be a threat to the lifestyle and ambitions of my artists friends.
And on the other side yea, i think it's kinda scummy and borderline cringe to go around social networks posting AI imagery, bragging about them like they were 100% original creations and people calling themselves "artists" just because they know how to write and arrange words in a text box, when they themselves can't place a straight line in a pieceof paper.
I think there's really nothing to gain from shielding oneself trom a type of technology AND also there's nothing to gain to try to promote a view that tries to force other people to think and act against any of the two sides of this coin. Being all bitter about it just because people cand use it wrong, it can happen with a lot of things so i think the one thing one can do is to be as ethical and concious as possible when using it.
For one thing, you see that i post regularly AI images in this account and in the other, but i try to limit the visibility of it as to not steal away visibility from real artists on the internet, and also try to explicity label it as images created using AI, and as such, i take absolutely no creative rights or authorship about them. It's the least i can do.
And of course, none of this means that i'm stopping doing blender shit, remember that i'm on a holiday and will resume blenderings as soon as the start of next year, i am actually slowly working on a scene that some people have seen and i think it's coming together fine, and have a couple of others planned.
Honestly the only thing I want is for it go beyond hentai and becomes something better and more socially useful, like that little demo the chinese made with "me from another dimension" app. The problem is that I don't know if it'll ever stop being a manly lewd/grifting platfom since it's so effective at it.
I think it would be very good for everyone if instead it became a more widespread and useful platfom for people wanting to make everyday stuff, or propaganda, the problem is that if it becomes THAT good, then how would it be any different from hiring a person? wouldn't it just outright take over the market?
@Elfie That depends mostly not only on the technology itself but ton the way that people reacts to the technology itself. Until now there are people who are completely and unvariably against it because technology bad, other people who are just trolling artists on social networks, and coomers who unsurprisingly pushing the technology ahead haha.
That thing about the AI becoming TOO GOOD and taking over the marked is a valid concern, but also i think that people aren't fools and even if we become overrun by AI stuff, people still gonna appreaciate hand crafted things more than the ones produced by a computer. At least it has always been like that in the case of music for example.
It's a lot easier to tell appart synthetic music from real instruments, perhaps we'll reach that point eventually, I don't really know know enough about art to make that judgement, though as far the date of posting there's a clear divide between AI art and real art, it's mostly very easy to tell appart