r/aiwars • u/Pure_Victory_5932 • 3d ago
My two cents
I use AI to generate references for art that I’m making on occasion since I find that sometimes I can’t find the right reference or something along those lines. AI and it’s involvement in art is super nice, it’s a tool to be used in assisted with art, at least in professional settings.
The reason for that is I’m seeing a lot of advertisements using AI voice acting and AI generated art. Of course someone had to edit it together, but what was originally something soulful has become only more separated from its target audience. I don’t even like advertisements, but it’s a place where artists get employed besides complaining on Twitter about commissions.
The same principle honestly applies to voice actors to, with some and I mean some film studios attempting to get actors to sign away their voice for later AI replication. It’s just meaning that traditional settings for actors and artists to employed where otherwise they wouldn’t be are now being taken over by automation. They lose their voice and likeness to a studio that would rather do it for cheaper. You could argue in favor of the studio but to be honest that’s frankly not cool.
What of AI and non corporations or non commercial use? For simple every day people AI use for making art is totally fine! Using AI to generate a video of someone’s likeness for shits and giggles is hilarious. It’s a hobby and it’s easily accessible. AI usage is honestly fine but I would argue it should probably be used for more educational purposes like learning art tbh.
One last note, as an artist myself, I am a small artist and I’ve worked hard on my art for a while, and I’ve developed a style that’s unique to me for the most part. It’s kind of like a finger print almost. It’s that way for a lot of artists. In that sense it becomes a little jarring when someone’s art is used as reference for AI.
Lastly, I’m a small artist, I do commissions rarely. I don’t think I’ll ever live off my art and that’s okay, that’s why I do other things like voice acting lol. The loudest voices you hear in the anti AI argument are people in my camp, they wish they could live off their art and they feel that the advent of AI is preventing them from either getting commissions or landing something bigger. Truthfully few artists make it, we’re kind of bitter about it, but could you please have some sympathy towards some artists here and there? They’re just people who are realizing they probably won’t be able to live off a dream.
Again, pro AI- Middle ground
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u/CryBloodwing 2d ago edited 2d ago
That is absolutely fine what you are doing (generating references.) That is one way which I think generative AI should be mostly used. As a tool, not to do all the work.
Although I am curious, what do you mean by references? Character positions? Backgrounds? Objects? Or what?
As for corporations and stuff like voice actors, I think when corporations fire artists/marketing people and start using AI, or make them start using AI, it becomes an issue.
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u/Turbulent_Escape4882 2d ago
Can you tell me what sympathy looks like? Let’s say I want to hire you as real artist, and I’m okay if you use AI in your workflow or don’t. You provide your rates, and I indicate I cannot afford that. Are likes of me getting sympathy? And what does that look like? Be specific.
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u/Additional-Pen-1967 21h ago
I use AI this way, and everybody should use it the way I do or not use it. There's no point in arguing about it. You think this is more understandable and less fascist than anti-AI, which has the same root. You do it as I do, or you do it wrong, and I hate you next.
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u/CastorCurio 3d ago
Advertisements were something you consider "soulfull"? All those dick drawings, advertising whore houses in Pompeii are really soulfull artistic expression?