• BeerStainedBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    12 days ago

    Maybe most people feel discouraged from trying art because they think it needs to be good enough to get likes and shares online. If people were more encouraging to beginner artists or people who just don’t have time then maybe the average person wouldn’t care as much about AI art

    • apotheotic (she/her)@beehaw.org
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      12 days ago

      The only reason people think they need likes and shares online for their art to be valid is because social media companies have been carefully and intentionally crafting that obsession with online recognition and growing numbers. This isn’t a “people aren’t nice to beginner artists” issue, because trust me nobody is kinder and more welcoming than the art community to newbies. Its a corporate social media issue.

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      12 days ago

      Imagine if people were going to the gym with a robot and having it lift weights for them. Then, they would post about how many reps they did. And then you said “Hey, maybe if people encouraged beginners to lift weights more, then they wouldn’t be using the weight-lifting robot!”

      There’s a lot more going on here. The people using AI don’t even understand what the assignment is.