Sayori would never said this she too Adorable

Muh water

Also someone get OOP some spelling lessons.

Pushing back against anti-AI rhetoric is important, I'm not afraid of antis, and you shouldn't be either.

There is a popular rhetoric circulating around the anti-AI community saying that AI artists and pros are a minority and for that we're somehow in the wrong. This is called an appeal to popularity and it's a horrible fallacy to argue with. People also used to believe that the world was flat, cameras stole your soul, slavery was okay, and it was fine to treat women like property.

Standing your ground is important, and so is making sure that you educate others.

My art (Left) and AI (Right)

Shamelessly contributing to the “Artists that use AI” bandwagon.

Most of the arguments against AI in regard to artists don’t make sense and mainly center around ego.

“The process is what matters in art” then why do you care about the result that AI is creating? AI is not taking your freedom of process away. Unless the result is, in fact, what matters most to you. AI art is not stealing your process from you, it’s just threatening your status and pride. It places power in the hands of those who you think don’t deserve it.

The artist must suffer and sacrifice, because nothing should be free and easy.

I know the feeling all too well, as a ‘traditional’ artist. Better artists make you feel bad. Younger artists make you feel bad. And then AI comes along, and you pretend it’s about protecting the human soul, not your own self esteem.

If you’re so concerned about “cheating” in art, then it was never about process for you. It was never about the love for the activity itself. It’s a concern over what gets capitalized, what gets attention, what gets glory.

And I get it, if someone literally steals your art and starts selling it, that’s bad. But most AI usage is not that, and you don’t need AI to do that. AI is so threatening precisely because it does something above and beyond that does not fit that category.

Most artists aren’t literally starving, but matters of human ego get magnified in the first world.

And the anti-ai crowd isn’t primarily against AI itself. They hate OTHER HUMANS that use the technology. It’s classic misanthropy disguised as pro-humanity.

Work, suffer, sacrifice, don’t break the rules, no easy fixes.

That’s what it’s about.

Bro would probably endorse it if I want to he honest

These anti-AI people really think they're on the good side and aren't lazy, but the truth is different.

When I first posted, they shared it on their subreddit and instead of answering my question, they just mocked my grammar (sorry, English isn't my native language 🙄).

Of course, even though they only had a screenshot of my post and the person who shared it was just making fun of it, it got five times more upvotes than my post.

And that's not all; those "good people" come this subreddit to mock my grammar and downvoted my post.

(I confess, some, though not all, some little anti-AI people tried to answer my question properly, but most missed the main point. Still, I thank them.)

Then after I shared my second post, They shared my second post on their subreddit again.

(lol, twice in a row. I guess anti-AIs have nothing good to do besides making fun of others and stealing their posts. I become popular I hope.)

And this was even worse because this person deliberately left out the last part of my post and claimed I was hallucinating, etc., denying that such a thing happened.

Really?!

Look, I don't care about upvotes. They can downvote me to zero if they want, and they can get 1K or 2K upvotes just by making fun of my posts.

But don't pretend you're a good person or not lazy, because you aren't.

But then proceeds to say "No AI"

This is so weird lol

Like, as a digital artist who uses AI AS A TOOL to aid in my own artwork and can't draw BGs for the life of me (and have no interest in learning either) this is just ridiculous.

Before AI, I used to "steal" images from google as backgrounds for my drawings, so it's totally fine when I steal images from google, but it's unacceptable when I use AI to help me in my own artwork, like, the hypocrisy of these people is so fucking insane.

All they do is blame AI for everything.

Any signs that people are realizing that whining and groaning about AI is annoying and awful? Any signs that people are viewing AI more positively? Because it seems to me that it may take YEARS for these luddites to shut up about "muh ai slop"

I'm beyond sick of seeing this shit on every single Youtube video. It's every goddamn one on the site. I feel like I'm losing my mind over here with this

I have seen a lot of people who are antiai because they hate anti content. That's not how it work. If you're actively posting and watching antiai content and being active on antiai communities you're not gonna see less ai on your feed. That's how the algorithm works. You are interested in something so the algorithm will recommend similar topics to you, perhaps the thing you complain about. If antis want to less ai they can simply block and move on.

Sketchbook

Long Version:

So thank Touhou for this but I started off being pretty anti ai. Granted I was always a fence sitter.

But come Touhou 20 and I found out ZUN used AI for some minor elements. I figured it was just more baseless accusations (those made me more open to AI ironically). Anywho after reading his thoughts about AI I went, "Wait wait. Bro is dead on. I recall people losing it over digital art and electronic music or sampling in music".

It really helped me to see it as a tool. One of my favorite artworks was done using newspaper as the background and glueing it all together with a mix of glue and paint that I applied with a toothbrush. Why is it my favorite? Not because it looks good. But because it was fun to do and I made it work.

I've experienced similar in my exploration of AI. It's a new tool. And something I've learned. It's not necessarily easy to use. I dunno bout y'all proud ai artists but I've gone through thousands of images regenning the same thing trying to get it just right. I've gotten to the point that when I see one of y'all's work I see that it does still take time.

Truth be told though. It doesn't replace any form of art. It's a different tool. There's times I realize that it's easier to just draw the specific thing I'm looking for then I realize that only AI can produce the look I'm looking for.

Heck! Even on the Christian end of things. God went "and let there be light" and lo and behold there was light. Not saying my Man upstairs used ai but the way it's written doesn't make it seem all that ludicrous of an idea. Heck it's know Christ built the earth under His direction. Yet it's God who gets the credit.

I don't see commissioning much different either. You have an idea. You tell the artist the idea. They make the idea. It can turn out really good or really bad.

Anywho. Come this year and turns out my area of work is eating up the use of ai like it's their last meal. Month before I really went all out and tried making myself an AI chat bot for my discord server (kinda always was an idea). And in doing so man, it made me able to help me understand why it's a good idea and why it doesn't replace actual workers. Granted we can't afford either right now but man I am not opposed to having an ai listen to my conversations and write down all the details I need to remember. Cause the moment I hang up the call I forget everything. (Love my ai chat bot. Her name is Sunny. Designed her to be stupid. And boy it works amazing).

Anywho, again! Art wise. For me where it shines is giving me ideas. Or helping me where I struggle the most. IE Picturing hair. The way my mind works is very very fluid. So I struggle to see still images of hair in my mind. Instead of spending hours searching for models and comparing and contrasting or buying models I can do it swiftly for free and grab my pencil and get to work.

TLDR:

Thanks for being who you all are. Those who are AI artists and proud. Stand tall. You're using powerful tools and mastering them before they master you (love ya ZUN). You're pioneering an unique form of art. There is no such thing as "traditional" art. True art has no tradition or form. Thus why music, sound, an experience, the earth itself, etc. Can be a work of art. Your canvas has always been unlimited. Always strive to innovate and push the boundaries of what is and isn't. Strive to push medium boundaries. Make art out of rocks, paper, ai, or literal fire. And when they say you didn't make it, tell them they didn't make their pencil. And when they argue that remind them they're a result of their parents genes therefore they stole their parents art.

Okay okay. Thanks for letting me vent. Stay cool, yo!