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I find that i can spot AI Images fairly easily these days, especially the sort of fantastical tableaus that get posted to the various AI communities around lemmy. I'm tired of seeing them; it all looks the same to me. Was wondering if im being too sensitive, or if other people are similarly bored of the constant unimaginative AI spam...

For the record, I block any explicit AI Art communities that pop up in the feed, but there are more every day...

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not in the slightest. What bothers me are the communities that ban it even when the art in question is exactly what that community is for. What bothers me even more are the communities that ban it secretly, so you never even know there's an AI art ban unless you step on that landmine yourself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I enjoy them, especially the surrealist stuff.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It bothers me in the same way art done by children bothers me, which is to say not much, but it's usually pretty devoid of aesthetic value. Because they (AI, not children) draw on a huge variety of styles, they often also feel extremely generic, and like they don't have any style of their own.

Some of them have been kind of funny because the poster had some sort of decent comedic idea. I'm happier to see this type.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Some of them have been kind of funny because the poster had some sort of decent comedic idea. I’m happier to see this type.

I enjoy these as well. There are some really good ones I've seen.

The rand ones don't bother me

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (3 children)

As long as they don't include something to the effect of "I made..." then I'm just mildly irritated at it.

If it does then I ask them what they made because I don't see it (since it wasn't them, it was AI)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I posted a (labeled) AI-generated piece of art to a Star Trek shitposting community and a mod removed it because they didn't want AI generated images, even if labeled.

It didn't make me mad at all, I just found it interesting and kind of ironic

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

I dont mind it. Its fascinating.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I feel like ai art is getting better and better. I'm not necessarily interested in it, but when art/food/pet pics pop up on my feed, I was never looking for them either.

I think it's normal to hide them, but to feel bothered seems a bit drastic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

It is getting better and better. It’s to the point that if you are mocking it for bad hands, then you are actually out of touch with where it is now. Bad hands is almost a dead meme.

It’s weird how “old” earlier Midjourney stuff looks to me now.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Nah I think it can be cool and sometimes funny.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Just out of curiosity, which new ones have you seen today? I've noticed ai images being included in parts of memes, but it's mostly been as a replacement for low effort photoshopping.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

As long as it's not being passed off as made by a human I don't care. Most of the AI art I see being posted is specifically to communities for posting AI art, anyway.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

Not at all. I think it's fascinating. The technology behind it is incredible and getting better every day. While I don't consider any AI-generated images to be "masterpieces" by any stretch of the imagination, they're interesting to study.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I don’t really get it. Reminds me of the guys who’d send each other fractal images on floppy disks in the early 90s, which they must have got something out of, but to everyone else it’s just pictures of maths.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

AI art does not annoy me in social media because I find it fascinating and inspiring. I think AI art is a form of expression and innovation that showcases the potential and diversity of human and machine collaboration. I enjoy seeing how different people use AI art to create, share, and communicate their ideas, emotions, and visions. I also appreciate the challenges and opportunities that AI art poses for the artistic community and society at large.

AI art is not a threat or a replacement for human art, but rather a new medium and a new partner. AI art can help human artists to explore new possibilities, enhance their skills, and expand their audiences. AI art can also stimulate public interest and awareness of art, culture, and technology. AI art can be a source of beauty, joy, and wonder for everyone.

Source: Conversation with Bing, 1/20/2024

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

I blocked ai communities wherever they showed up, it’s not that I hate it it just has no value to me, no substance. It’s like looking at one of billions of marginal steps some algorithm takes to refine itself.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

In direct opposition to most of the comments here, I relly like it. Most of what I see are really good. I say this having done some and been unable to 'prompt engineer' much to my liking. Turns out it is harder than it looks (much like traditional art)

I like it, I like content and it doesn't take much for me to scroll past stuff I don't like.

Girl Talk was just a bunch of other peoples music smashed together, but it was undeniably its own art.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Can someone explain to me what the difference is between AI art and students imitating an artist? What happens when the AI actually gains the ability to experiment "outside the box" - what we call creativity?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Then the copyright system needs to go away.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The one is done by a human, the other by machine. People are in general more interested in other humans doing things. We watch people play chess but not really machines, even though the later are better. We admire craftsmanship, but automated assembly line doing extreme precession work is just rather functional. I think it has something to do wit empathy and how we relate to other humans rather than to inanimate objects.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I am ok with clearly-labeled posts that are in dedicated comms and occassionally enjoy examples of the shitshow that the models produce when they hallucinate. However, if the model is trained on works without authorization from and compensation to the creators of its training data, I find their use beyond ethically-questionable.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

To me, if they are contained to communities setup for AI generated images and there is some effort to mark or identify them as AI, I don't mind them. Its when they get posted outside those spaces, especially posing as something someone made, that it gets very annoying.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

I'm against AI-generated anything as a principal. I have too many friends in the art community who's primary form of income is the art they create.

I think I've become more jaded over time. I blacklist authors who use AI generated cover art, and I'm getting to the point that I want to do the same for games because I am so tired of hearing AI voices to replace characters, even if that character is an AI in the game.

Again, it doesn't stem from my hate of new technology, but rather the people being effected by that technology - the artists, voice actors, what have you. And also there's that thing where I do not want to talk to a chat robot for things.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

What communities are you subscribed to? Cause I don't have this problem when browsing All.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Not bothered. Just no longer impressed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Some of these responses either have a weird and jaded agenda or literally don't make sense. You don't like AI art because of the smudges or the weird colors? Huh? lol

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