It makes me sad, and to some extent offended, that so many people want to use AI to replace the human element in art. It dilutes what makes art impressive.
In certain ways, A.I. has been welcomed because cost of content had become a true obstacle.
Ask any teacher who’s designed a PowerPoint lecture, or any marketer who just needed some anodyne ad copy and stock photography. They were procuring licenses at $$$ cost, and this licensing takes a lot of effort and a lot of legal counsel to get it right.
It is far more expedient to simple AI-generate the stuff you need, guaranteed royalty-free, unencumbered.
Ordinary computer users can just get a nice wallpaper, or icons we like, without signing up to a sleazy “Free Clipart” site.
This new normal is not born from a hatred of the human element, but I would say it’s because of the naked greed and unforgiving legal pitfalls of intellectual property today.
So I don't disagree that this is all a result of runaway capitalism. But also, and I know this is going to sound extremely anal retentive of me - but I wasn't born with an ability to create art - I learned.
Then when I was doing teaching (broad career, lol) I didn't find it too difficult to product my own content. Additionally I was also working in advertising for ages, and often created my own art. If I didn't want to create my own things, then I wouldn't be in a career where I was creating my own things.
I just don't know man. I was a creative once. I changed course, but I still feel so torn that I'm watching the entire creative process be taken over by non-creatives and then being argued out of the room that it's better.
(Edit, I would like to add that I'm no AI luddite, I just don't like the way it's being utilised)
Ask any teacher who’s designed a PowerPoint lecture, or any marketer who just needed some anodyne ad copy and stock photography. They were procuring licenses at $$$ cost, and this licensing takes a lot of effort and a lot of legal counsel to get it right.
It is far more expedient to simple AI-generate the stuff you need, guaranteed royalty-free, unencumbered.
Ordinary computer users can just get a nice wallpaper, or icons we like, without signing up to a sleazy “Free Clipart” site.
This new normal is not born from a hatred of the human element, but I would say it’s because of the naked greed and unforgiving legal pitfalls of intellectual property today.