Enfu
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Enfu
@enfu
Pop illustrator. Visual globetrotter. Culture exploder. Perpetual student.
Well, I, too, am a fan of AI for numerous things, but I also can truly appreciate the HUMAN expertise it takes to create artistic masterpieces using their own hand and a creative medium. I am not an artist, and don't have that skill, so I appreciate those that do. Whether it be cartoons, oil on canvas, or whatever. That said... your response to an artist utilizing AI to create his own work speaks volumes. I have no skin in this fight, and don't take a side with either one of you. What I did notice is how you reacted to the above which more speaks volumes about your own insecurity about the idea of someone using AI vs. what it does about AI being used to create art. You may have made millions smile over the years (decades?) with your work. Good on you, that's awesome. But @tupacabra has reached many times that many with viral AI creations just in past 6 months, gathering a following nearly 3x your own in 5 years than the entire following you have in 16 years. I don't usually do the number of followers comparison, but yes, in this case, it proves my grander point. So, appreciate what it is, and what it isn't. No need to attack others, or attempt to diminish their respective skillset, in the process.
I'm not really addressing those surface issues: what looks good, what is preferable, what is fashionable, popular or unpopular. I've just studied art history and for over 100 years artists have experimented (like scientists) on the question, "What is art?" The answer was always to lean on freedom, experimentation and crazy attempts, stuff where Ai fits well within the definition. It's just another new thing and to exclude it has not been part of our vocabulary. To allow dildo art, cans of human shit and empty rooms or unmade beds to be heralded by the highest levels of art only to say "Ai can't be art" shows an ignorance of our history by a bunch of woke, hysterical digital artists. One thing we should all know about the arts is that when anyone comes in and says, "You shouldn't do Ai" we give them the finger. I'm a non-conformist and the anti-Ai bros can eat me.
You don’t need to create something with AI today or else your career is over. Don’t let the fomo and fear mongers get to you. I think you should try (+ learn) it though, not out of fear, but out of curiosity and advancing your skills as we should always be doing every week.
It feels like a WALL recently went up in reality like "this is how it is now"-- but no. "AI" is a big scary thing, and millions of people could end up using or relying on it-- but I think the "old ways" will always persevere. And true work + talent will keeping shining bright.
engineers are artists now thanks to AI
Whatever about these absolute stats, Japan has long been Twitter’s second-largest market. It’s quite hilarious how, with all the ink spilled on the changes since Elon took over, no one has paid any attention to J-Twitter, which largely ticks over much the same as it did before.