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Ok but what is an actually good solution to the whole AI art debacle? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by eldritch_lich@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I heard about C2PA and I don't believe for a second that it's not going to be used for surveillance and all that other fun stuff. What's worse is that they're apparently trying to make it legally required. It also really annoys me when I see headlines along the lines of "Is AI the end of creativity?!1!" or "AI will help artists, not hurt them!1!!" or something to that effect. So, it got me thinking and I tried to come up with some answers that actually benefit artists and their audience rather that just you know who.

Unfortunately my train of thought keeps barreling out of control to things like, "AI should do the boring stuff, not the fun stuff" and "if people didn't risk starvation in the first place..." So I thought I'd find out what other people think (search engines have become borderline useless haven't they).

So what do you think would be the best way to satisfy everyone?

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[-] fiat_lux@kbin.social 13 points 2 years ago

The same debate happened when photography was invented. Photography led to some of the most iconic art movements of the 20th century and the deliberate departure from more realistic paintings, because nobody needed to hire a painter or sketch artist just to remember what someone looked like anymore.

My expectation is that AI will continue to be used to generate what has already been identified as particular styles. And these styles will go out of fashion with overuse, much like the 50's was oversaturated with mass produced designs. Which led to pop art.

Tl;dr It's all just part of the creative development of humans and our adaptation to automation. If we want to address why artists starve, AI in art is only a symptom of a much larger issue around human worth.

[-] Xaphanos@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I strongly agree with the comparison to photography. People like Man Ray and David Hockney opened doors to new art impossible before photography. And it did not eliminate drawing, painting and similar arts. It did force some change upon them, though. It seems that we have discovered something like a new art form. That should be exciting. It will certainly be uncomfortable

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