Your takes on AI art

[TheBritishAreComing]

Ugly but unfortunately very useful, will see more in the future no doubt.

 

[Jambhala]

What do you think about it?

I'll start:

In my honest opinion, I think its kind of like a "plague", can't look anywhere without seeing it...
Recently, shops in my area started using it. Why can't they get a picture off the internet, or, hire an artist? Its totally BS in my opinion.

I think it's going to be horrible for artists in the near future. I almost went into school for art & design and right now I'm VERY thankful I didn't. There will still be some businesses that appreciate human-made art and will hire artists but with the more recent developments in AI tech being able to make ads that are nearly indistinguishable from human-made advertising I'd imagine many will take the cheaper route and just use AI.

As a (very mediocre) artist, it's just sad seeing the direction this is going. I can understand why people support it and enjoy being given the ability to turn their ideas into ai generated images, but I think it will overall be detrimental to the cultural progression of art. Now that businesses are using it we will see a lot of artists out of work and unable to pursue their passions. This may be a reach, but there will be no real incentive for young artists to continue into the professional world of art, because there will be very few jobs in it.

 

[Aisf]

Ew. I hate AI art. It's a plague.

 

[BunnyLain]

 

[neromero]

I live in a country where the president rather use AI slop for commercial instead of hiring a tv crew like a cheap ass motherfuck

 SO FUCK AI IMAGE SLOP

 

[MrBird]

I don't like it. That's about as mild as I can put it.

 

[bloodywing]

I found my own art in the LAION dataset and obviously don't like it.

Why I am not using AI?
Simple, I like the process of making art. The whole creative process goes away when I would use generative image tools.

 

[hitsugi]

I avoid it like everyone else. I think the appeal of Stable Diffusion has worn off for the most part.

 

[Cuestionador]

It's a new pandemic, but i gave up trying to argue or debate about it, it bores me. I prefer to use that energy listening music or drawing, or reading a comic/book/article.

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

I think I've already responded to this but I did teach myself how to use it, if anyone has any questions about how it works. I feel like a lot of people jump on the bandwagon of viscerally demonizing gen ai without understanding how it works.

I dislike it in the hands of the wrong people. An artist can easily develop their own models for ethical use. Big companies are improperly using a tool to try and replace people, when they should be hiring people with knowledge in the use of the tool as part of their skillset and portfolio.

 

[Johnathan Smikey Johnathan Smikey]

It depends. AI is undoubtedly useful for personal stuff. Also, and I might get heat for this, but I think in extremely small doses (SFX), I don't mind. It's when AI starts to be used to cut corners on the actual animation when I start to look at it negatively. When it comes to AI voices or music, I don't mind unless it's in commercial products sold for money.

Essentially, I don't like AI unless it is mixed tastefully with real art.

 

[Fray Guillermo]

It's a new pandemic, but i gave up trying to argue or debate about it, it bores me. I prefer to use that energy listening music or drawing, or reading a comic/book/article.

Yeah the debates around AI end up being cyclical, it's exhausting

 

[RetroPixelLizard]

Five short points.

1. I don't mind It.
2. I used AI generated art to give me pose Ideas to practice drawing (The less perfect (To an extent) the better to Improvise/adjust) for drawing.
3. I also consdiered using AI generations to help study certain styles for poses/themes the artists would have never drawn.
4. I am fine If a game uses It for filler objects, like In Ready or Not with the paintings In the background.
5. But I do mind when people post AI art pretending It's theirs, or to sell purely for profit, or screw actual artists out of a contest. People who do that deserve more than a kick In the shins.

 

[edgeworX]

The white woman shopping for Wonder Bread guy has turned to AI and stopped commissioning people. This is 100% a huge cultural loss. The shared experience of the onlooker, the Wonder Bread guy, and the poor artist he's commissioned? Gone. In an instant. Disgusting.

 

[Deleted member 420614]

First of I think we should quit calling it AI the shit so basic that calling it AI would be insulting. Shall we start call Dolphins humans just because they can do some basic shit.

And my take on it is the same as with Microsoft heavy use of AI it´s trash no one asked and no one want yet we are forced fed it to the point I rather stick with win 10 and 0 security until no single game suports win 10 anymore or hope we get a Win 12 with out AI bullshit.

But we all know 12 will be even more fake AI shit.

 

[Deleted member 322096]

I think I've already responded to this but I did teach myself how to use it, if anyone has any questions about how it works. I feel like a lot of people jump on the bandwagon of viscerally demonizing gen ai without understanding how it works.

I dislike it in the hands of the wrong people. An artist can easily develop their own models for ethical use. Big companies are improperly using a tool to try and replace people, when they should be hiring people with knowledge in the use of the tool as part of their skillset and portfolio.

I agree. I like your view on AI art, it’s not very common on places on the internet like this. It’s sad to see so many people demonizing it without even wanting to understand it first. Everyone has different views, I know and I respect that, but I feel like a lot of times AI art gets way too much flak.

 

[Antilocal123]

Mmmm *rubs big belly* I ate the AI *belches*

Inflation

 

[happymasksalesman happymasksalesman]

plague

Best word for explain it....

 

[NobodyHere]

I really hate those who claim it ‘makes art more accessible’, act like art is some gatekept thing because they’re too lazy to actually learn to draw. Especially grinds my gears because art is one of the most accessible things in the world, fuck you don’t even need arms to draw! Those who use it rob themselves from an extremely important experience, drawing is literally good for one’s brain and body (helps memory, communication, motor skills, problem solving, so on)! Prioritizing AI garbage feels like such an insult when so many have put their soul into their creations

I’ve seen people try to use photography to justify Ai - makes me want to slam my head through a window

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My Dad does photography as a hobby and will post some on stock photo sites. One day he started ‘randomly’ getting sent pennies from the site, them having used his photos without his permission in their new Ai image generator. Selling those Ai images for exorbitant amount well he was only getting a couple cents per sale on his.

He’s overjoyed when someone does buy from him - Still disheartening having seen how much work he puts into a simple (but very high quality) image only for his hard work to be ground up into sloop so someone who’s probably never even touched an actual professional camera can make approximately more then 5x as much as he does per image.

 

[Deleted member 13897]

The white woman shopping for Wonder Bread guy has turned to AI and stopped commissioning people. This is 100% a huge cultural loss. The shared experience of the onlooker, the Wonder Bread guy, and the poor artist he's commissioned? Gone. In an instant. Disgusting.

Finally, a good take.

 

[NobodyHere]

The white woman shopping for Wonder Bread guy has turned to AI and stopped commissioning people. This is 100% a huge cultural loss. The shared experience of the onlooker, the Wonder Bread guy, and the poor artist he's commissioned? Gone. In an instant. Disgusting.

Truly not the same knowing he didn’t have to go to some unsuspecting artist, tell them exactly what he wants, then impatiently wait for his precious rich white women wonder bread art to be meticulously made by that poor artist.

Plus how it’s damaged the art of horrible hastily done photoshopped images

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

I really hate those who claim it ‘makes art more accessible’, act like art is some gatekept thing because they’re too lazy to actually learn to draw. Especially grinds my gears because art is one of the most accessible things in the world, fuck you don’t even need arms to draw! Those who use it rob themselves from an extremely important experience, drawing is literally good for one’s brain and body (helps memory, communication, motor skills, problem solving, so on)! Prioritizing AI garbage feels like such an insult when so many have put their soul into their creations

I’ve seen people try to use photography to justify Ai - makes me want to slam my head through a window

Post automatically merged: May 6, 2025

My Dad does photography as a hobby and will post some on stock photo sites. One day he started ‘randomly’ getting sent pennies from the site, them having used his photos without his permission in their new Ai image generator. Selling those Ai images for exorbitant amount well he was only getting a couple cents per sale on his.

He’s overjoyed when someone does buy from him - Still disheartening having seen how much work he puts into a simple (but very high quality) image only for his hard work to be ground up into sloop so someone who’s probably never even touched an actual professional camera can make approximately more then 5x as much as he does per image.

The issue is people and companies improperly using a tool to try and replace artists, not the tool itself.

I agree. I like your view on AI art, it’s not very common on places on the internet like this. It’s sad to see so many people demonizing it without even wanting to understand it first. Everyone has different views, I know and I respect that, but I feel like a lot of times AI art gets way too much flak.

Yeah, it's frustrating to see people repeating the same rhetoric of 'Gen AI is stealing!' because they fundamentally don't understand how it works.

When you ask them what part is stealing, they'll tell you that Gen AI steals from the internet, which is false. The model that is using stolen data is the 'theft', not the algorithms that make the process of generation possible.

It's the same as any tool. Monetization will have it used for evil ways. Companies will try to use a tool to replace artists, but Generative AI isn't the culprit here. It's always going to be companies and CEOs pushing for automation in every sector to pad the pockets of investors and owners.

 

[Deleted member 322096]

Yeah, it's frustrating to see people repeating the same rhetoric of 'Gen AI is stealing!' because they fundamentally don't understand how it works.

I know right? I mean, it's not like it's rocket science or something. The concept itself isn't really hard to grasp. To be fair though, those people are probably saying this out of frustration and anxiety that they can lose their jobs. Which is completely understandable btw. I'm not saying it isn't. What I don't like, however, is people spreading misinformation. As the proverb says, "there is none so deaf as those who will not hear".

When you ask them what part is stealing, they'll tell you that Gen AI steals from the internet, which is false. The model that is using stolen data is the 'theft', not the algorithms that make the process of generation possible.

If AI art is stealing then human art is stealing too. No matter what people try to tell, nobody can truly create things from scratch, not even humans. Everyone takes inspiration from the works of other people to create their own art. Sounds familiar, right? It's the same process that AI uses. It just achieves the same result using algorithms instead of thinking, watching media or doing whatever the human mind does.

It's the same as any tool. Monetization will have it used for evil ways. Companies will try to use a tool to replace artists, but Generative AI isn't the culprit here. It's always going to be companies and CEOs pushing for automation in every sector to pad the pockets of investors and owners.

Yeah. Blame the people, not the tools. The tools themselves are a marvel of humanity's achievements, progress and knowledge. They're beautiful. The people misusing them are not. Just throwing blind hate out of frustration is a waste. If you really want to hate something, which, again, is completely understandable, at least direct the hate towards the people actually responsible of their misuse, not on a tool who is just following its prompts.

 

[NobodyHere]

The issue is people and companies improperly using a tool to try and replace artists, not the tool itself.

Yeah, it's frustrating to see people repeating the same rhetoric of 'Gen AI is stealing!' because they fundamentally don't understand how it works.

When you ask them what part is stealing, they'll tell you that Gen AI steals from the internet, which is false. The model that is using stolen data is the 'theft', not the algorithms that make the process of generation possible.

It's the same as any tool. Monetization will have it used for evil ways. Companies will try to use a tool to replace artists, but Generative AI isn't the culprit here. It's always going to be companies and CEOs pushing for automation in every sector to pad the pockets of investors and owners.

I get what you mean, but I view generative AI itself as a bad thing (of course the companies pushing it are even worse). I don’t see a single benefit to generative AI that isn’t minuscule compared to the damage it’s doing.

The wide spread use of generative AI heavily helps in the push of this mentality of ‘everything should be done as quickly and efficiently as possible’.

The biggest defence/rationalization I’ve seen I’ve explained my frustrations with, but another one is that it ‘helps get ideas out’ - by using Ai instead of doing it yourself you are worsening your ability at it

 

[GardeniaSky's icon GardeniaSky GardeniaSky]

I get what you mean, but I view generative AI itself as a bad thing (of course the companies pushing it are even worse). I don’t see a single benefit to generative AI that isn’t minuscule compared to the damage it’s doing.

The wide spread use of generative AI heavily helps in the push of this mentality of ‘everything should be done as quickly and efficiently as possible’.

The biggest defence/rationalization I’ve seen I’ve explained my frustrations with, but another one is that it ‘helps get ideas out’ - by using Ai instead of doing it yourself you are worsening your ability at it

I feel like a lot of people said a lot of the same stuff when digital art was getting big. There were witch hunts and artists were canceled for using digital mediums. They were called lazy, and were told they were harming the industry.

Nowadays an artist is typically expected to have some sort of digital medium knowledge in their toolkit. The same will be for Gen AI. An artist can develop their own model with 100% of the source material being their own portfolio.

Artists need to set the example for how the tool should be used, instead of dividing themselves into the 'yea' or 'nay' camps. Collectively setting a precedent now is so necessary in deciding where and how the tool will be used. If artists as a whole just completely reject it, it will be incorrectly used to replace them.

Any big change in an industry like this comes with the necessity to adapt. Car mechanics need to know how to navigate more heavily computerized vehicles, people in the tech sector are always learning new languages and programs. Its no different with the art sector. It's not 'special' and it doesn't abide by different rules, unfortunately. The current economic system demands artists adapt.

Ultimately I agree with you. I think automation in general hurts a lot of industries. Ideally progress would be made without losing jobs and livelihoods, but that's not the reality.

I fully disagree with the use of tools to replace people in this sector, but in a system where everything is monetized and everyone is a brand, it's just not possible to avoid unless you weaponize the tool in question.