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Redditors Vent and Complain When People Mock Their "AI Art" (futurism.com)
submitted 9 months ago by Stopthatgirl7@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on copyrighted material without the original artists' permission. And that's without getting into AI's negative drag on the environment.

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[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'd welcome you to offer a rigorous definition of this supposedly well-known distinction. Computers don't generate anything spontaneously. They always require some level of direction.

Are the outputs of VSTs not "computer generated"? You can fumble around on a keyboard just moving up and down until you find the pitch you want, and the software will output an orchestral swell of dozens of instruments that take years and years to master, with none of that effort expended by the one mashing the keyboard.

Is that sound computer-assisted or computer-generated in your estimation? Much the same with AI images. It's not fundamentally different from any other computerized tool.

[–] NoMoreCocaine@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

That's pretty reductive and bad comparison. Your example boils down to saying that you could argue guitarist is a machine assisted.