stop A.I. Art

AI seems fun and easy. It’s startling what platforms like Midjourney can do. I’m sure many of us have had fun playing with it by punching in a few word prompts.

But make no mistake- you are not an artist. You didn’t create those images. They were created by the program using actual artist’s work. Artists that spent years and/or decades to learn their craft. The artwork they post didn’t just take hours or days to produce, it took years of practice and learning.

Have fun with AI but don’t you dare call yourself an “artist”. You created nothing and you learned nothing. You typed in a few words and watched a program take the hard work of other artist to create something for you. You created art in the same way using a self serve yogurt machine means you created yogurt. Perhaps worse because you at least paid for the yogurt. You’re not talented, skilled, or special. You’re using a self serve machine for fun, that’s it.

If you want to legitimately create art, pick up a pencil or a lump of clay. Otherwise you’re just a person playing a video game that you didn’t create. And everyone knows it.