That week I posted 3 AI generated landscapes on DeviantArt and got called a fraud in the comments

Spent 6 hours tweaking prompts for a mountain scene, uploaded it, and some guy said I just 'typed words and stole from real artists'. Said he could spot the 'uncanny lighting' from a mile away and reported my post. Has anyone else had their work dismissed just because of the tool you used?

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calebc409d ago

Read an article that compared AI art to photography in the 1800s when people said it wasn't real art either. The lighting thing is funny because a lot of landscape photos have that same uncanny glow from HDR processing. There's always going to be gatekeepers who hate new tools, same as it ever was.

karencampbell9d ago

Oh man, that photography comparison always gets me! It's such a good point but also kind of misses something important. In the 1800s, photographers still had to actually be there with a camera and set up the shot themselves, you know? They had to make choices about composition and exposure and all that stuff. With AI, you're typing words and the computer does all the heavy lifting. But I get what they're trying to say about new tools always getting hate. The HDR lighting thing is spot on though, I've seen so many landscape photos that look totally fake with that weird glow and nobody calls those "not real photos.

gray_morgan8d ago

Have you ever tried explaining to someone that a photo straight out of camera is way more "fake" than a properly edited one? Because that RAW file is basically just math waiting to be turned into something viewable. The whole gatekeeping thing feels more like people defending their own spot in the hierarchy than actually caring about craft.