Update: A weird thing I saw at a craft fair made me change my mind about AI

I saw this guy selling prints he clearly made with an AI tool, and people were actually buying them. Everyone online says that's wrong, but it got me thinking. Maybe the real problem isn't the AI making the picture. It's that we get too hung up on how something is made instead of if it means anything to someone. I know this sounds bad, but I don't think a tool decides if something is art, people do.

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oscarwilson1mo ago

Your point about focusing on meaning over method is interesting. People bought the prints because they liked them, not caring how they were made. But does that make the artist's role less important now?

ericmason1mo ago

Seriously, is the artist's role REALLY less important? People connect with the art itself, not the process. Tools change, but the vision behind a piece is what gives it meaning. We're just hung up on old ideas of what art should be.

nancy_sanchez1mo ago

Wait, are we overthinking this? Like @oscarwilson said, if people like the print they buy it, so maybe the whole debate is just noise.