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Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by fleddr on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:31PM (#32490432)
Your concerns regarding averaging and the lack of specifics are both addressed in the article.

In short, it's a mistake to judge AI art by its current capability. It's about to go on an exponential tour.

Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by 1dry on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:54PM (#32490624)
Well, the author says they keep up on "the latest papers" and whatnot, which leaves me as yet unconvinced of the artistic quality of the future output from these models. We will see.

While I'm still rambling on about this – the author states: “In a strictly mechanical sense, yes, an artist can still create, knowing that the art could be done faster and better by AI.” The art cannot necessarily be done better by an AI, and the speed with which art is created does not matter, artistically.

Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by Filligree on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:04PM (#32490699)
> In short, it's a mistake to judge AI art by its current capability. It's about to go on an exponential tour.

It's been going on one for the last five years. Two years ago it would have been difficult to generate a picture that's recognizably anything at all, using any non-specific engine.

Now we're down to complaints that mostly don't matter that much. Two years from now..?

Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by 1dry on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:40PM (#32490920)
So, what matters?
Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by goatlover on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @09:17PM (#32491122)
> It's about to go on an exponential tour.

The Singularity is ever near because exponential growth!

Re:The AI Art Apocalypse by throwaway1851 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @07:57PM (#32490652)
As with vehicular autonomy? We all heard predictions like that about 4-5 years ago.