I have never been against AI art, but my gawd am I getting tired of the "arguments"....
Or, should I say, argument! 😂 Because we only ever end up hearing about the one argument that they have, right? And that is, that
"AI art is plagiarism! 😠"
So, my understanding on how AI-generated art works is, you type in a prompt. AI then searches the web for a bunch of examples of the prompt you are asking for (yes, which can include human-made work and it can also include real-life images). Using inspiration from these several examples, AI is then able to generate an image of its own.
Y' know... Like people have been doing for centuries? 😅
But because there is a chance AI took inspiration from human's work as opposed to real images, and on the off -chance AI did not "cite its sources" for the unique image it creates, it is plagiarism.
If we are going to consider this process plagiarism, then we need to plagiarize any human being that has ever drawn inspiration from other humans.
🚫 You like someone's art style? too late! They've already put a trademark on it.
You want to know someone's drawing technique and secrets? sorry! No longer a privilege.
You want to make art of a vampire? hey, someone already invented that! You'll have to come up with something else...
You want to trace someone's art in order to try improving your own? not anymore! 🚫
People have been so worried about AI-generated images because "people won't be able to distinguish between reality! 😫" Which is fine, people gotta learn how to care for themselves, no one else can perceive reality for them~
No, my biggest concern has been the amount of control this has given people again -- especially here. I have already seen a writing community mute someone's work because "we have a feeling that this was AI-generated, it sounds like something only a bot could write." (Which, already, oh boy 😬)
I've already seen groups claim, "no AI art! It is plagiarism!" Yet, here I have just explained why it isn't! 😅 Because it isn't lol just because AI started getting good at it, and people can't distinguish between it and reality anymore, doesn't magically make it plagiarism. We have had the text-to-speech robots for awhile, but now that they sound like real humans, it "isn't right"?
(This is why I choose to follow religion, and rules that have been established for centuries, over fickle superficial humans -- we can't even agree on what plagiarism is! 😂 Now let's agree on moral standards 🥴🔫)
Anyway, that was my 2 cents for the day, after having yet aNOTHER post muted because yet aNOTHER group creator decided that AI-art is plagiarism 🙄🤦 Maybe focus on the written content of the group and that nobody's plagiarizing that instead of simply choosing the one that's easiest for you...
Rant done! Thanks for reading 😄
(I typed in "AI art is plagiarism" on an AI-generated website called Night Cafe -- and frankly enough, I don't take credit for it! 😀)