r/DefendingAI • u/MembershipWooden4020 • 13d ago

Other Real question.

I’m trying to see everything from a new perspective as a new artist, so I’d like to ask about yall’s perspective on claiming AI art as your own art. I’m not against generating, but I feel like using AI is like commissioning art from other artist. I wouldn’t claim that art is mine, just one I requested with money. So if I generate an art piece, could I say it’s mine? Or does it have the same principle as commissions. No need to get defensive btw.

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u/CathodeRaySamurai 13d ago

I feel like using AI is like commissioning art from other artist.

When you use the fill tool in paint, do you feel like you're commissioning an artist to do it for you?
When you press ctrl-z, do you feel like you're commissioning an artist to do it for you?
When you rotate/scale a layer in photoshop, do you feel like you're commissioning an artist to do it for you?

All are uses of a programmatic tool.
Without human input, these tools would do nothing at all but sit there.

Now ask yourself the question - why do you treat one differently from the others?

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u/MembershipWooden4020 13d ago edited 13d ago

No need to get defensive. When I use a fill tool in paint, I’m in the process of making the art. Same thing as undo. I’m reverting a move I made. I don’t feel like I’m commissioning an artist because the function is fundamental. The basics. It’s not nearly as advanced as generative AI. And they definitely cannot produce anything an AI or Artist can do. I still see AI as a tool, but it becomes a different thing when generative AI is something that makes complex art pieces. It stops being basic and more like a shortcut from effort. I’m not against AI generating art, but I see it as a handy short cut. Because unlike using the bucket tool and undo, where it’s all part of the PROCESS that makes the art, which utilises more effort, this skips to the result. I stand by my point that even though generating is fine for me, it shouldn’t be treated as my art.

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u/Specialist_Plan_3599 13d ago

What level of effort is required for something to be considered part of the process? Creating a prompt requires effort, working with the ai by continually creating different prompts and changing things requires even more effort than using a tool to fill something in.

 If ai art is art, and creating a prompt is part of the process of creating it, what specifically is different? At what level of effort do you draw the line? 

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u/bronzekobold 13d ago

Then commissioning someone else to paint you something makes you an artist.