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.
On the other hand, are you open for commissions? I had something I'm putting off for too long in blender and now I feel it's going to go into "development hell" so to speak. I don't have a specific deadline for it but life is getting in the way.
@INSTALLGENTOO A lot of artists feel stabbed in the back by this technology, because after all and in most cases it was made possible by training it on art available from the internet and that was scrapped from a lot of places like artstation, deviantart and the likes. And then the machine was put in the hands of incapables who started overruning their spaces and pretending to be someone who they arent. Then of course, this made artist having problems with discoverability and to reach more audiences that wouldn't get past from the layers of AI generated images.
Probably the thing going on at Artstation is a bit of an overreaction by the community but i understand the overall feeling of the matter. I'm not sure if there can be a shift in the perception of this technology if isn't with a change of mentality also of the people that uses it.
A lot of people making snark remarks on twitter about how it's funny that artists are salty and that they should accept that the technology changed art forever, they themselves didn't had any idea or interest about digital art three months ago, let alone that they can make something by themselves by hand without the help af an AI.
I am personally not against this technology at all, but i also understand the feeling of artists 100% and it will take a bit ofa mentality change from both sides before we can start enjoying it without problems.
