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Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by ttyyzz on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @03:30AM (#44167366)
AI didn't kill creativity nor intuition. It much rather lack's those things completely. Artists can make use of AI but they can't make themselves obsolete just yet.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by throw310822 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @05:12AM (#44167954)
> AI didn't kill creativity nor intuition. It much rather lack's those things completely

Quite the opposite, I'd say that it's what it has most. What are "hallucinations" if not just a display of immense creativity and intuition? "Here, I'll make up this API call that's I haven't read about anywhere but sounds right".

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by ttyyzz on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:26AM (#44168381)
I disagree. AI is good at pattern recognition, but still struggles to grasp causual relationships. These Made-up api calls are just a pattern in the large data set. Dont confuse it with creativity.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by throw310822 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:33AM (#44168409)
I would definitely confuse that with "intuition"- which I would describe it as seeing and using weak, unstated relationships, aka patterns. That's my intuition, at least.

As to creativity, that's something I know too little about to define it, but it seems reasonable that it's even more "fuzzy" than intuition. On the opposite, causal relationships are closer to hard logic, which is what LLMs struggle with- as humans do, too.

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by MrScruff on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @08:28AM (#44169258)
A lot of art is about pattern recognition. We represent or infer objects or ideas through some indirection or abstraction. The viewer or listener's brain (depending on their level of sophistication) fills in the gaps, and the greater the level of indirection (or complexity of pattern recognition required) the greater the emotional payoff. This also applies to humour.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by rvnx on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @05:18AM (#44167991)
With AI anyone can be an artist, and this is a good thing.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by hmcq6 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @06:59AM (#44168597)
AI can’t make anyone a painter. It can generate a digital painting for you but it can’t give you the skills to transfer an image from your mind into the real world.

AI currently can’t reliably make 3d objects so AI can’t make you a sculptor.

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by Flemlo on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @09:30AM (#44169898)
We now have wall printers based on UV paint.

3D models can be generated quite well already. Good enough for a sculpture.

Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by python-b5 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:02PM (#44171465)
Using AI makes you an artist about as much as commissioning someone else to make art for you does. Sure, you provided the description of what needed to be done, and likely gave some input along the way, but the real work was done by someone else. There are faster iteration times with AI, but you are still not the one making the art. That is what differentiates generative models from other kinds of tools.
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by iszomer on Friday June 06, 2025 @08:36AM (#44200231)
Imagine when the commissioned artist uses AI themselves but this goes deep down the rabbit hole of who gets the spread on potential attribution of said "work".
Re:My AI skeptic friends are all nuts by Sohcahtoa82 on Tuesday June 03, 2025 @12:29PM (#44171810)
Prompting Midjourney or ChatGPT to make an image does not make you an artist.