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I laughed at AI art at first, but when it won a contest over my buddy's piece, I started seeing the ethical mess.
Idk, maybe it's just me, but that moment made me rethink who gets credit when machines create.
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oscarwilson7mo ago
Yeah same here, I used to brush it off as a fun tool until stuff like that started happening. Seeing a real person lose to an AI image really shifts how you see the whole thing. It's not just about making pretty pictures anymore, it's about where we draw the line for human creativity. The credit part feels totally broken if a prompt can win over years of practice.
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joseph_adams667mo ago
My cousin's digital painting got rejected from a festival last month because the judges thought it was AI. They should've had separate categories from the start, one for human-made and one for AI-generated work. It's the only way to keep things fair for artists who spend hundreds of hours learning their craft, lol. Let the AI stuff compete against itself, and let human art stand on its own.
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the_oscar7mo ago
That's the exact moment it gets real, isn't it? Seeing your friend lose to a generated image just hits different. It makes the whole credit thing feel totally empty. Like, how do you even compare typing a sentence to someone spending years learning to mix colors and get a brushstroke right? The rules need to catch up, fast.
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