Gregory's Server@yogthos @jupiter There was something similar with film cameras. They used to have an operator turning a crank to make the film go through. Adding a motor was described as something completely wrong, "because the operator can adjust the filming speed as required by the scene, and the motor cannot".
Turns out, they were confusing the art (adjusting the speed) with the tool, and somehow it turns out that a film camera with a motor is better anyway, and speed ("art") can be adjusted in other ways.
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 @Uilebheist @jupiter I see AI generation as a tool that will allow countless people to express themselves in ways they weren't able to before, and I think that's a great thing. |
@Uilebheist @jupiter There's this weird notion that making it easy to express your ideas is somehow detrimental. If there isn't a lot of technical skill involved then somehow it's not real art anymore.
But seems to me that this is a really misguided way to look at things. Art is fundamentally about expression, and it doesn't matter how it's produced at the end of the day.
When you look at a piece of art and find it evocative that's all that matters.