Ah yes. The growing battle of our generation which may or may not bleed into the next. The battle over generative AI.
My stance is that while I like these pictures and some other AI art I have seen on Deviant such as artworks and everything, I will always choose human art over AI art and I'm not a huge fan of AI generated art.
What is fun is, some people won't get it even if you explain it in plain words.
It's not conventional art, it's art generated by AI; you feed the words to the parser, you hope you circumvent the censored theme of the month, and maybe edit out the extra fingers or toes in Photoshop - which also has AI generative features in the latest versions.
Does it exist as "real" art?
The point is moot.
People want the final image, not the toil of the artist.
At this point in history actual artists do no matter.
I might spend hours drawing and coloring a piece, for AI to generate 100s.
And watchers on internet will gush over AI art, because it literally draws from thousands of different artists.
Conventional art does not simply pay the bills, unless one whale is ready to fork out big money for one commission.
Sure, it's a bit infuriating for some - artists and connoisseurs.
But the average enjoyer is usually watching it on a small screen, while taking a dump.
They won't even notice the extra toes.
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