That’s a good argument. I get this. The problem that I see is that you aren’t very present in the art. The AI is 100% leading you with what it knows. AI is essentially helping you create a collage of all the styles and bits of image content on the Internet. How are we going to develope new styles? A human can use their imagination and skill to create something groundbreaking and pioneering (artists had to break ground and fill the world with this art for AI to be even able to do this). AI is just going to continue to remix remixes of remixes. It’s sad to me. That’s not really what art is about. I’m not saying AI art isn’t useful. It’s a remix machine.

Right now, a game, an album, and um… oil painted MTG Myr Tokens?

I don’t think that is a fair comparison. Electronic musicians don’t outsource song construction to an algorithm that copies all the other songs on the Internet. Even though they can use midi instruments, sequencers, and samples (which do carry a known risk of copyright violation) they’re still composing or performing.

Thank you for describing your process in such detail. I’m sorry if this is going to come off as overtly contrary; that’s such an impersonal convoluted way to make an image. There are good illustrators out there that can sketch roughs and make a beautiful finished painting in a night, all right out of their head. Frank Frazetta would be laughing in his grave at AI art.

Or as that article mentions, it is also known as a Shit Sandwich. Mostly because we don’t refer to sandwiches by the bread.

Yes, but how is that not a legitimate explanation. There’s enough Americans on lemmy to see a few posts with English title capitalization.

Car enthusiast is bit of a loaded term, no? Car enthusiasts are people who restore and collect beautiful cars. Most people have a car (in the US) because our cities were unfortunately designed for cars. I don’t think anyone loves owning, needing, paying insurance on, maintaining, and driving in traffic. This is the life we are forced to deal with until we stop building cities in stupid ways that disincentivise pedestrianism.

Are there really car enthusiasts out there that like commuting?

This is 100% real for young people. It’s sad and stupid. At least they can easily figure out who will be a crappy friend.

“Rat” insinuates that they are always there and can’t get rid of them. A gym rat is someone who is always at the gym.