Copied from my DeviantArt journal:

I wanna get this off my chest. Why the hell is DeviantArt allowing AI generated art to be submitted? Look, I get that the AI art generators are fun to use, they're practically toys used by everyone to see how far we've come in utilizing AI technology to create fantastic images that would otherwise be hard to produce ourselves. Don't get me wrong, even I've used the generator to create fun image templates to practice working on some of my newer art projects, but that's what AI generated art should be used for -- templates for real art. Everyone nowadays is fully abusing AI generators not just for art, but for writing and animating too, and now Microsoft has made a deal to use fully automated AI for some of their newest game projects? Seriously?

My point is AI generation needs to be recognized as a toy for recreation or only as a tool for creating templates. AI cannot replace the complexity of the imagination of the human brain. If we allow this to happen, there won't just be another writer's strike, there will be development strikes, there will be artist strikes, and hell, we just got over an actor's strike, but Lord knows another one will follow in its wake.

Anyone who wants to submit art or writing, actually take the time to create your intended submission yourself. Yes, you can use an AI generator to present your idea before you as a template, but then use that template to create your own art yourself. People who do commission art, definitely think about this as well.

#realartists #noai #templates