Absolutely agree 100%, though there are circumstances where I think AI image generation (we musn't call it 'art,' for sure, Art requires a human, or at least sentient, touch,) is useful.
For example I do a lot of tabletop roleplaying, and while I love to encourage my players to do art (at least half my group, myself included, enjoy making visual art) Its really handy to be able to quickly knock up some visual references, especially for my players without a minds eye.
Its also sometimes useful, for my fiction writing, to mock up visual references for myself, when I need a quick reference and don't have time or skill to draw things I want.
I would *never* use these images in a published work, but the technology is absolutely useful in a non-commercial and R&D capacity for an individual content creator.
Thank you, I agree. I’d also list the environmental impact of AI as a reason not to use it. That said, I’m not a writer, nor a visual artist, so I don’t know firsthand the struggles of people in those professions, and from a systemic perspective, I find it hard to fault people for using generative AI if their income depends on churning out content (like writers for so many digital publications these days).
Absolutely agree 100%, though there are circumstances where I think AI image generation (we musn't call it 'art,' for sure, Art requires a human, or at least sentient, touch,) is useful.
For example I do a lot of tabletop roleplaying, and while I love to encourage my players to do art (at least half my group, myself included, enjoy making visual art) Its really handy to be able to quickly knock up some visual references, especially for my players without a minds eye.
Its also sometimes useful, for my fiction writing, to mock up visual references for myself, when I need a quick reference and don't have time or skill to draw things I want.
I would *never* use these images in a published work, but the technology is absolutely useful in a non-commercial and R&D capacity for an individual content creator.
Thank you, I agree. I’d also list the environmental impact of AI as a reason not to use it. That said, I’m not a writer, nor a visual artist, so I don’t know firsthand the struggles of people in those professions, and from a systemic perspective, I find it hard to fault people for using generative AI if their income depends on churning out content (like writers for so many digital publications these days).
I agree.