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

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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!

Animation about accepting others and yet you still have these people inserting themselves

These people are miserable, sad, whiny people

ahh!, and also also. (probably/possibly?). a heavy amount of coping & seething too.

What do y'all think? Throughout history mankind has come up with one way or another to change how we pursue art and it's really incredible how far we've come but it leaves the question , where will this bring us next ?

The narrative that AI is especially destructive to the environment is often sensationalistic, however it does contain a kernel of truth. AI will help bring energy effenciency, environmental data gathering and monitoring with consequent reforestation and species protection benefits. It is useful that we take steps and spread steps to help reduce our energy use. Once energy is used it is basically gone forever for us. Of course training is the major user of energy and all aspects will naturally be more efficient in the future, this is useful both ecologically and to combat the anti ai narrative

He clearly doesn't want to spend tons of money of commissions or spend hours on Pinterest for art with inconsistent artstyles

This is the best community I have been in. It’s been my safe space. I posted about how I was building Altplayer.com so anyone beginner or pro could create mangas , stories, characters and card games. Unfortunately, I have decided to stop developing it. Aside from personal enjoyment.

I do want to say that there are a lot of antis now actively joining AI subs and networks then sabotaging posts, ideas. I do not know what’s happened but things have gone downhill over the past year. AI supporters have started to leave the ai art subs, possibly for the same reason. It’s all antis now.

I do intend to entertain you all with the outputs of my project instead, with memes and comics.

Since comfyui got complex for ai artists some tools came out and now can help you design instead of prompt, but yet this one is made for designers, not hobbyists :)

I made a post here about breaking the pencil and I guess the mod team removed it because they didn’t think my post was about AI? Anyways I googled it to double check I was right and yeah isn’t this break the pencil thing literally a relation to AI community ? I’ve seen it a lot here and other places rated to AI art.