Overheard a guy at the library rant about AI art stealing jobs and it got me thinking

I was at the downtown library last Saturday, and this guy was loud on his phone saying AI art is just theft because it scrapes images from artists without paying them. It made me think about my own experience. I spent like 3 weeks last month trying to get Midjourney to make a decent picture of a cat in a spacesuit for a T-shirt design. The AI gave me some wild stuff, but I had to tweak every detail myself. I don't know if that's stealing or just a new tool. The guy never mentioned how much work goes into prompting and editing. Has anyone else had that moment where you feel like you're putting in real effort with AI art?

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anna4915d ago

My friend Sarah tried making album art for her band using Midjourney. She spent 4 hours getting prompts right and another 3 fixing weird hands in Photoshop. Said it felt more like being a creative director than a thief. The AI gave her a starting point but she had to know composition and color theory to make it work. She doesn't see it as different from using stock photos or brushes other artists made. People who never touched these tools love to yell about them the loudest.

the_susan5d ago

Exactly @anna491... people yelling never even tried it.

the_fiona5d ago

Oh wow, groundbreaking news from the internet - people who haven't touched something know it better than people who actually did. Quick, someone tell @anna491's friend she wasn't supposed to learn anything, she was supposed to just make bad art and feel guilty about it!