"But getting good at making art takes too long ;_;!!" Some AI artist some where.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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I really love these comments by people who probably can't even draw.
I guarantee those AI "art" defenders would be absolutely furious if they saw even a single of the vast amount of talented disabled artists, past or present, because it goes against their narrative that disabled people need AI art, which allows them to appear superior.
disabled people need AI art
AI bros would be upset at these artists then?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB5kcGIdrco
The example I thought of was someone who we watched a video on in an art class I took in highschool. He was in a wheelchair, either quadra or just paraplegic, can't remember which, but he had a whole set up where he could have his canvas move and rotate so he could work on specific parts of it. Don't remember his name, but definitely vaguely remember the video, so it definitely left some form of impact on me.
I would also assume the AI "art" bros talking about AI "art" for disabled people would be furious at those people for disproving their claims. Especially since those same bros have no excuse other than lack of drive and talent as to why they aren't anywhere near as good of artists as people with disabilities.
"AI made art effortless"
FTFY
It also substantially raises the "quality" of the low end effort which is a pretty big deal, whether you consider that a good thing or not.
I think it's great for things like a client conceptualizing what they want which in the past could be difficult and very labour/time consuming. Take that concept to a real artist and it's pretty win-win.
I've used it for conceptualizing what I want, because I do my own art and also have aphantasia.
this is why i tend to think about AI images like a camera, it's not creative but it can make things that look nice, and then we can take inspiration to make something creative just like when we walk outside and look at the per definion uncreative physical landscape.
Cameras aren't creative?.. Guess we need to tell all the photographers and filmmakers out there...
yeah, it's the person using the camera who is creative.
AI is a camera without a user, thus incapable of creativity just the same as a mountain isn't creative.
We're in sync then, your initial comment made it sound like you thought any camera work was not creative by default. As I said to the other guy I should've used a different phrasing to clear out the confusion around tool/artist.
Cameras are just tools, jusr like brushes. They are not creative, the artists you mentioned are.
You're entirely right, I should have phrased it differently.
And they got the number of fingers correct.
I think it's worth pointing out that I don't consider myself to be very dexterous, so I'd be able to produce a useful image by trying to use AI a lot more reliably and faster than by trying to use a pencil. However, I haven't tried to use AI to do that, and I generally don't find AI tools very useful.
It might also be relevant that I also don't consider myself to be very creative.
Just think, those Neanderthals are going to be obsolete now that we can generate infinite pictures of hands on cave walls! Human condition? Self expression? Lmao no one cares old man, get with the times and consume! I don't want any human interaction anymore, I have my black box that will do whatever I tell it to!
(/s In case the Overton window is that fucked already.)
As a slight aside, why is it that anyone who engages with AI is considered a 'bro'? Why such a needlessly gender specific term? Are we really trying to suggest the almost certainly incorrect notion that there are zero women involved in AI?
Calm your tits, dude.
I don't take bro to exclusively mean male. But rather a male dominated group.
In the UK we use lads a lot; I'd say it's probably the British equivalent (tho bro does get used here too). IE: "I'm going to the pub with the lads." But that doesn't mean it's exclusively men, there's sometimes a woman or two in the group, it's just that it's a male dominated group. It's the same with women who have a female dominated group with a male member in (going to see my ladies/girlies etc...).
All of the above still assumes a male dominated use of AI though; and According to statista that does seem to be the case. Though as time goes on, the gap will likely close.