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As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation

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114 points valgaze | 2 comments | 14 Aug 22 17:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.442s | source
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cercatrova ◴[14 Aug 22 17:44 UTC] No.32461248[source]▶
Title should be more like, artists concerned about Stable Diffusion AI model that makes images look human-made.
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antiterra ◴[14 Aug 22 17:49 UTC] No.32461290[source]▶
It also apparently copies the artist’s logo.

In a way, the “it just does what humans do but faster” argument is starting to follow the “a number can’t be illegal” trajectory.

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cercatrova ◴[14 Aug 22 17:54 UTC] No.32461342[source]▶
Either way I support AI art and AI in other fields. Just because artists are mad it's gonna take their jobs does not seem like a legitimate reason to halt human progress. It's just inevitable the way things are going.
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egypturnash ◴[14 Aug 22 19:29 UTC] No.32462157[source]▶
Please save this comment to refer to when an iteration of Copilot starts to make you truly worried for the future of your career. Thanks in advance.
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orangecat ◴[14 Aug 22 19:49 UTC] No.32462311[source]▶
Yeah, and we should really do something about those abominations like Excel and Python that let ordinary people create programs without hiring us to do it the right way.
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egypturnash ◴[14 Aug 22 20:01 UTC] No.32462430[source]▶
There is a big difference between "this is a tool that makes some things easier" and "this is definitely endangering the skill I spent a lifetime learning".

You will know it when you see it.

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1. MacsHeadroom ◴[15 Aug 22 11:00 UTC] No.32468130[source]▶
There is no big difference. The steam engine put 90% of the world out of agricultural work. That is a big difference. Now you can buy strawberries all year round and drink coconut water in Alaska.

Nobody will care where their art comes from any more than you care about how your food's field was plowed; and all their lives will be better for it.

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2. egypturnash ◴[15 Aug 22 13:57 UTC] No.32469756[source]▶
There is a huge difference in how you will feel when the tool that might put you out of work shows up.

Keep your comment somewhere. Come back to it when you look at a new tool that promises to merrily trample on your entire field’s income and provide an endless source of “usable, I guess” substitutes. Let it provide solace as you stare into a future with no room for the craft you’ve spent a lifetime honing.