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People are ‘blatantly stealing my work,’ AI artist complains - with notes on a similar appeal that failed hard just recently (pivot-to-ai.com)

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[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 22 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

@Crampon

AI artists are just the new version of "fractal artists" who for the most part just pick a color palette and run a Mandelbrot generator until they find an appealing image.

It's not nothing but it's not going to get you very far.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Some AI artists actually take the time to touch up the image in something like phtoshop once they get the idea they want but there are still problems with the image.

As the images get better though that might stop

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Now do pour painting

[–] dgerard@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

sign a toilet bowl

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

@dgerard

I had a bit making an exception for the value of "fine art" because that can get weird, like “unmade bed with a bunch of trash around it” or a signed urinal.

But I seem to have left that part on the cutting room floor.

If a piece of purely prompt-generated AI art hits a price like a shark in formaldehyde I strongly suspect it'll be some kind of inorganic AI industry insider self-dealing to hype up the AI art market, similar to the big Beeple NFT sale.

[–] V0ldek@awful.systems 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Okay but the shark in formaldehyde is fucking awesome to see in person.

It's a shark! In formaldehyde!!

[–] Amoeba_Girl@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

yeah, Hirst can be a bit of a hack and the names of the pieces are super cheugy but he's definitely made some really evocative stuff

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

@V0ldek

Yeah I'm not dismissing that. It's a big ass shark in a tank.

Or the guy who made a cast of his own head using his own frozen blood, that's kept in a special refrigerated display case.

[–] corbin@awful.systems 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I think it might be worth reflecting on exactly why Fountain seems to "get weird;" it had a context and complaints about it are part of that context. I liked this recent video which explores the politics of Fountain.

[–] jonhendry@iosdev.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

@corbin

I just mean "weird" in terms of “valued far higher than the average person might expect” but I'm not implying that that value isn't merited. I'm not one to dismiss a Rothko.