Creating art by just telling an AI what to do is a compelling idea. However, there are lots of reasons why we should stop using AI art generators.
Why A.I. Isn’t Going to Make Art
To create a novel or a painting, an artist makes choices that are fundamentally alien to artificial intelligence.
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A defense of AI art
It's not just slop, it's not stolen, it's not bad for the environment, and we should want art to be easy to make
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
Meet the academics refusing to use generative AI
Researchers say they have their reasons for avoiding AI tools — and they’re sick of arguing about it.
I'm done using AI
Why I'm stopping using AI for coding (and anything else) after using it earnestly for a year and coming to understand the harms it causes on personal, societal, and environmental levels.
Is AI the greatest art heist in history?
New technologies of reproduction are plundering the art world – and getting away with it
The Omg Lol Times · We have to talk about AI “art”
Note: In this post I’m going to use the term “AI” as a lazy shorthand for “generative content creation via large-scale pre-trained models” because time is tight and I’ve got arthritis. I know it’s not really “AI”, but please, let me give my typing fingers a break here.
AI Artists Have No Role Models
Prompt Engineers Lack Any Canon, Don't You? AI artists have an existential problem: they consume only their own work, severing the dialogue of culture that…
Big Tech Launches Campaign to Defend AI Use
Chamber of Progress, in a campaign called "Generate and Create," says it will showcase "how AI lowers barriers for producing art."
Generative AI is eating culture. See how close it’s getting to disrupting dance – The Markup
Dancers say their craft can’t be duplicated by AI. Our tests show they’re right — for now.
Why We’re Banning AI
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The Myth of the Instant Cake Mix
How to think about creative tooling in the new world of generative AI
AI Is a Waste of Time
The newest AI tools are accelerating basic research and scaring the general public. But many people are simply using them as toys.
AI Slop is Killing Online Communities
Like a young child coming home from kindergarten with their latest crayon scrawls, the internet is currently awash with people sharing their AI-generated work. And just like the young child’s drawings, much of that work should be proudly put up on the walls within the artist’s house—and no further.
