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by aDyslecticCrow 335 days ago
Much of what makes art fun is human effort and show of skill.

People post AI art to take credit for being a skilled artist, just like people posting others art as their own. Its lame.

If I am to be a bit controversial among artists; we're exposed to so much good art today that most art posted online is "average" at best. (The bar is so high that it takes 20+ years to become above average for most)

Its average even if a human posted it but fun because a human spent effort making something cool. When an ai generates average art its ... just average art. Scrolling google images to look at art is also pretty dull, because its devoid of the human behind.

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To continue your point, following the human doing it is also infinitely more rewarding because you can witness their progress.
Definitely very fun...

But I think thats less generally applicable. There is alot of the online art community and market that is really circular; people who like art do art and buy/commission art from others they follow and know.

That market will likley never disappear even if AI fully surpass humans; because the specific humans were the point all along.

But I think my previous comment applies more broadly beyond that community.