jaredwhite

Whoa, I look exactly like that at this precise moment…

I don't at all agree with this graph, and I think you're sort of missing the point of the original post.

I'm now playing a violin which measures several nanometers across.

bUt i wAs tOLd tHaT AI iSn't bAD fOr thE enViRoNmeNt 🙃

I can't believe I'm saying this*, but…I am incredibly excited to see this movie.

* I've never really been a Superman fan, and on top of that didn't care for the Snyderverse (though Henry Cavill is awesome). But yeah, everything about this film is coming up positive for me so far!

This was literally the only reason I had any potential interest in GitLab. What a joke. 😠

disney can generate everything between the first and last frame of a scene

Huh? Why would anyone want to watch that? I think the jury is certainly out that any significant TV show/film generated by slop machines is in any way appealing to a significant audience.

the indie animation scene that could come about with Gen AI

You're going to have to unpack that because I have no idea what you're talking about.

looks at self in mirror and cries

I'm not sure what you're driving at. It's true that the rise of photography had an effect on painting such that styles which moved away from realism became the norm for a while, but long since we've seen a shift back to realism and a continuation of detailed portraiture or landscape illustrative techniques among some artists.

My point simply is that people who lack the technique/talent to create "fine art" have come to believe their work is of no value, which I find upsetting because I'd much rather look at "bad" human-produced art than generated slop with the superficial appearance of fine technique.

AI generated anything relies on training data based on the real thing, so there's no way to use a generator to "ethically" produce images of something unethical because it's based on the unethical imagery. There's no pathway out of the original abuse.

This is actually a really good point. Culture paved the way for the sheen of hyper "detailed" AI art (many of the details fall apart on close scrutiny, but I digress) by making it seem like "amateur" art is bad while "professional" art is good. So that means if a tool comes along that supposedly makes it so you can sidestep sweating over your amateur art and go straight to pumping out the professional-looking stuff, that's a win. It's good to question this assumption.