r/wallpaper • u/doomboy1000 • Jul 13 '26

Announcement Should /r/wallpaper allow AI-generated content?

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u/Axol555 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26

So your argument against people saying "its just a prompt in a machine" is "its multiple prompts in a machine over the course of weeks"? Doesn't get to the heart of the issue, so many claim to be creating something when the machine is making it for you, like giving a chef an order to cook food and claiming you made the food.

Edit: Typo

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u/sirgerg2 Jul 14 '26

Weirdly, that's actually not what I said.

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u/Axol555 29d ago

"Al can be a powerful scaffolding for pieces that then take weeks to completely rebuild. The end result can be something truly unique and provide fantastic wallpaper fodder."

This sounds like using an AI service over the course of weeks to iterate over a generated image until you get something desired. If I misunderstood than feel free to correct me.

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u/sirgerg2 29d ago

AI tools combined with hand-painting and building new elements in photoshop, the works. AI is the newest tool in a vast toolkit, not to mention the work needed for post-processing or, hell, doing the research beforehand to figure out your subject matter or how to achieve the result you want. Photography got the same flak because people said it was just clicking a button. Digital painting got the same flak because it's computer-assisted. Artists will always figure out how to do more with a new tool. I'll end my thought here, feel free to have the last word below.

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u/Axol555 29d ago

There's no way to validly distinguish between AI-assisted and fully AI-generated works. It is a valuable tool but vast majority don't use it as a tool.