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Owlor@meow.social ("Owlor 🦋") wrote:
I've noticed that a lot of defenses of AI art don't come from any particular regard for AI, but a seething contempt for mediocre artists. Like, a lot of "anti-anti-ai" arguments I've seen seem to primarily take issue with the idea that there's a functional difference between mediocre human-made art and the output of a weighted random number generator.
I think this comes from devaluing craft as an aspect of art, especially the craft involved in things that isn't considered respectable like kitsch, generic furry commissions, trashy romance novels or clout-chasing youtube videos. These are all things people can do as they are developing their skills as an artist and forging connections with other artists that also brings in a modest amount of cash if you're lucky.
It's not an easy thing to just "churn out" a couple romance novels a year, that requires a lot of discipline and an understanding of your art to be able to produce that much workable prose in a short amount of time. And like, those are skills that will serve you well when you do decide to make something more ambitious.
It's unfortunate that most artists do their generic potboiler pulp art under a pseudonym so people rarely get to see how important that is to the creative ecosystem, from their perspective, good authors and artists just sort of pop into existence randomly with a full set of skills and the discipline necessary to write 100 000 words.