I will always be against AI art and it hurts me every time I hear a creative say it’s ’just a tool’.
Not only do companies steal artist work to train their AI software, but they make it even harder for artists to justify their prices. I stopped doing commission work because it was a battle to get clients to pay me even below livable wage for my work and that was before AI.
Now? Why would someone pay even minimum wage for hours of an artist’s time when a few keyboard clicks into AI gives them what they want? That’s the destructive mindset artists are facing now, especially the digital artists.
Can AI be beneficial? Absolutely! I however believe it has no place in the creative fields. Having it there simply demeans and disheartens those that wish to create and have that creativity support them financially.
Agreed. Someone tried to convince me it would be a great tool for me to generate ideas to write about for this newsletter. This was waaaay way back. I had an rough idea for a post, so out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT for three possible ways to spin it, then felt so horrible and dirty at the results that I refused to use or write that post because I didn't want to feel like my natural creativity had influenced by it. It didn't feel honest. Disrespectful to my brain, actually. I tried to explain this to the person who suggested I try it and they didn't get it at all. Oh well.
In other news, I just finished writing a poem for my friends wedding today and am feeling pretty chuffed with myself. This old crusty has still got some fight in her!
Thanks for adding your perspective. I'm team Nick Cave.
I will always be against AI art and it hurts me every time I hear a creative say it’s ’just a tool’.
Not only do companies steal artist work to train their AI software, but they make it even harder for artists to justify their prices. I stopped doing commission work because it was a battle to get clients to pay me even below livable wage for my work and that was before AI.
Now? Why would someone pay even minimum wage for hours of an artist’s time when a few keyboard clicks into AI gives them what they want? That’s the destructive mindset artists are facing now, especially the digital artists.
Can AI be beneficial? Absolutely! I however believe it has no place in the creative fields. Having it there simply demeans and disheartens those that wish to create and have that creativity support them financially.
Agreed. Someone tried to convince me it would be a great tool for me to generate ideas to write about for this newsletter. This was waaaay way back. I had an rough idea for a post, so out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT for three possible ways to spin it, then felt so horrible and dirty at the results that I refused to use or write that post because I didn't want to feel like my natural creativity had influenced by it. It didn't feel honest. Disrespectful to my brain, actually. I tried to explain this to the person who suggested I try it and they didn't get it at all. Oh well.
In other news, I just finished writing a poem for my friends wedding today and am feeling pretty chuffed with myself. This old crusty has still got some fight in her!
Thanks for adding your perspective. I'm team Nick Cave.
I finished writing the poem today, not that the wedding is today. Perhaps I should've asked ChapGPT to write this comment. :)
I read it as you intended it, no worries. :)