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DeviantArt upsets artists with its new AI art generator, DreamUp

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125 points akeck | 1 comments | 13 Nov 22 02:33 UTC | HN request time: 0.539s | source
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ta8645 ◴[13 Nov 22 06:01 UTC] No.33580501[source]▶
Artists are no different than all the people who tried to destroy the cotton gin or the automated loom. We're all going to have to live in a world where these technologies exist, and find a way to live a fulfilling life regardless. Just as chess players today enjoy the game even though computers have surpassed our chess abilities.

It seems odd to complain that computers are using human's artwork to inspire their own creations. Every human artist has done the exact same thing in their lifetime; it's unavoidable.

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1. friend_and_foe ◴[13 Nov 22 11:48 UTC] No.33582176[source]▶
While I generally agree with you, they have some good points you're missing.

It isn't "inspiration". These machine models aren't actually intelligent. There's no expressive element here, with regard to the machine producing the art.

What it really is is just a new tool for producing art. The sculptor had his chisel, the painter had a paintbrush, the photographer had a camera, the graphic designer had Photoshop or whatever, and now you can make art by being skillful in coming up with a prompt. It still requires skill, skill with the tool, just like anything else.

The difference is that this new tool (probably) doesn't enable the creation of anything truly novel.