Artists complaining about the use of AI pictures is totally fine apparently, and politically correct.
Imagine if programmers complained about low-code/no-code tools. 💀

We (well, they..) did complain about Copilot, remember?

It's just that most of us also considered that complain to be stupid, because honestly, just let the tools evolve.

So it's not like someone else shut us down. We just on average know better than artists. That's not an insult as AI or anything code related is not their field of expertise. But among programmers, the majority of us are painfully aware of how primitive these AIs really are and that they pose no threat.

So I don't think it's unfair to us or anything. I rather just think that Artists are taking it at their own pace

We (well, they..) did complain about Copilot, remember?

It's just that most of us also considered that complain to be stupid, because honestly, just let the tools evolve.

So it's not like someone else shut us down. We just on average know better than artists. That's not an insult as AI or anything code related is not their field of expertise. But among programmers, the majority of us are painfully aware of how primitive these AIs really are and that they pose no threat.

So I don't think it's unfair to us or anything. I rather just think that Artists are taking it at their own pace

AI generated art is way better than a stupid dot on a canvas. The artists themselves trivialized their own work and paved the way for anything being better than the trash they have produced.

They mostly don't complain about AI developers taking their jobs, they complain about AI developers taking their intellectual property. And programmers do complain about copilot, in fact, there's a class action lawsuit about it.

Because mind you, AI does jack shit. It's OpenAI and Microsoft that use our material, and as companies running commercial projects they are bound by licenses.

And it's not even the artists' initiative, the happy birthday song is copyrighted and the rights holder regularly strikes random youtubers because of it. What actually happened is that copyright laws _softened_ the moment capital was on the other side.

@lorentz I was thinking AI and procedural generation combined could produce some interesting patterns.

Yeah, the AI art just recycles bits in a semi meaningful way.

yeah, people have been complaining about automated art since forever. Heh, auto tune fucked up singing, shuffle mode screwed albuns, mp3 mucked bass, vynil records farted on live performers, digital photography ruined film photography that ruined painting...
Bah! a couple generations ago they said that pens instead of quills or something would destroy the art of calligraphy.
We get it, artists gonna art regardless of the tool and just because you have a tool it doesn't make you an artist.
Sure, having a microwave doesnt makes me a chef, but it does makes me some hot pockets and those are good enough when time is short.
So let AI take those lame ass dentist waiting room art spaces. No artist spends their career trying to get there anyway.