Re:Please make this tool “opt-in” by default
by OscarCunningham on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:14AM
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By analogy, would the art of a photograph consist only of the location and orientation of the camera at the time it was taken?
Re:Please make this tool “opt-in” by default
by eqvinox on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:24AM
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In a way, yes. But both for a photograph as well as AI-generated art, you'd want (or even need) to show you can in fact execute it. That's where the actual result comes together. (There's also slightly distinct terms to throw around here, art, artwork, creative spark, …)
The problem with most "AI art" is that it has absolutely no visible creative spark. It's entirely possible to create art with AI, just — millions of random images or text aren't it.
(btw: I'm trying to explain the understanding of "art" as it is [fuzzily] agreed upon by people active in the field. I may be getting things wrong, or explaining them badly. Of note, however, is that this isn't "just my personal opinion", I'm trying to convey an existing consensus of that field.)
Re:Please make this tool “opt-in” by default
by Am4TIfIsER0ppos on Monday April 24, 2023 @06:41AM
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> you have to perform a creative action yourself
The artist's unmade bed says hello!
Re:Please make this tool “opt-in” by default
by shadowgovt on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @02:26PM
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There are two creative actions related to AI art engines:
1) Selecting the prompt
2) Selecting the output
> AI art is democratizing art and letting hundred of millions of people express themselves through art. Making art much more prevalent and unique
My contemporary art major friend blows a vein every time they read something like this. It's clear what it tries to say, but that's not art. It's fancy pictures. Which isn't to say it's somehow wrong, or doesn't allow people to express themselves — but if your creative input is limited to some AI prompt, then the art, if anything, is the prompt itself.
(And, just to be clear, the definition of "art" here isn't "you have to paint something yourself". It's "you have to perform a creative action yourself". It's fine if that action is just instructions — that's why the prompt could be art.)