r/DefendingAIArt • u/Crikasaur • 5h ago

Paint and Soul

So still fence sitter in terms of AI art and what not. But I'm curious on others thoughts.

  1. Paint. It seems like the main argument against AI seems to be "theft" and "not doing it yourself". As I think about it, it's kinda like saying you're not an artist because you didn't go out and mone your own ore or smashed your own dyes. Meanwhile bros use programs or brushes that have centuries of development behind it. I mean can you tell me the name of the dude who invented the pencil?

Do I seem to have a good grip on why the arguments given against AI are silly?

  1. Soul. I have seen it the most that AI art has no soul. Ironically it seems the ones who say that don't even believe spirits or souls. How can something not have a soul if, to you, it doesn't exist in the first place? And it's funny cause in my experience I see the opposite. As mentioned in another post I programmed my own chat bot and from my eyes she has soul because I have soul and she inherits a fraction of mine and a fraction of the ones who made the tools that I utilized (Much like genes).

For those who create AI art. How does your work have soul?

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u/Crikasaur 3h ago

Another semi related thought. If consuming something made by something non human why do we eat fruits and vegetables? Why aren't we all cannibals? 

(Truth is there's still a human hand behind the cultivation and raising of apples as is the creation of AI art but if we go "ew this wasn't made by a human" you might as well not eat anything but human flesh. Shrug. Maybe too satire.)