[europeanNyan]

> And plenty of people seem to accept, if not love, gen-AI art. I don't get it, but it's true.

I get a kick out of generating photos with family and friends in different styles like Play-Doh, Simpsons, Ghibli, etc. All of them like it, too. Maybe that's what people like, a very relatable use of the technology.

[TheNewsIsHere]

What I especially dislike in those kinds of situations is when I’m seen as “the heavy” because I respond with “please don’t upload photos of me to AI services”.

Like I’m the weird one because I take exception to someone just uploading a photo of me to some random AI service that without my permission.

[grugagag]

Yeah but the fun won’t last, you’ll get bored with this look and the idea of looks when all the space around you will be innundated with it. But no harm in having fun though…

[gls2ro]

Just a random comment:

In general when friends and family say they like something you do, they might not like that but they say they do because they like interaction with you, or are being polite, or they want to encourage action or they dont fully understand what you do but appreciate you are including them and so on. Unless you have a candid person in this group you should be skeptic when they provide feedback about a piece of tech you are building (or an AI generated image).

[6stringmerc]

It’s also a shortcut to self gratification and wish fulfillment by way of appropriating or poaching the success and value created by others for personal amusement or satisfaction, so there’s that part worth mentioning.