Raw LLM Responses

Stumbled across this vid. Gonna throw in my long-winded two cents that no one asked for. Disclaimer: Everyone's mileage varies with this topic and how they engage with it. Same applies to me. Simply put, I use gen AI for filling question mark ideas in my head. These aren't ideas I action on or tangibly do anything with. They're just things I want quick mental imagery for. That, or discord PFPs. (Your screen will be assaulted by click on Read More... fair warning) Quick backstory: I was (am) the kid that would put his headphones on for hours with his head down listening to Two Steps From Hell or some other fantasy music and just imagining cool shit in my head; scenes, fights, deaths, dramas, my own funeral, etc - all to the point of consistently being moved to tears. I've always had an affinity for music, the emotional depth it can illicit, and crescendos. I used to write stories all the time, and to this day I have probably... 8 major ideas rolling around in my head for videos. My dream job was actually to become a storyboarder for videos. Not film, but like... short videos. The best example I can think of is how basically every episode of Arcane has an artistic 'music video' that plays at some part during the episode for 2 or 3 minutes. That. Whatever THAT is, I've wanted to do that since I was a kid. A little gay, but the daydream I always played in my head for fulfilling this life career of mine was I'd arrive in the office one day and head to my private office with blacked out curtains and sound proofed walls. The room had a desk, a computer, and the most amazing surround-sound system ever. I imagined that my 'shift' would consist of me locking myself in the room for 3 days being provided the song the animators or design team chose to use for a project, some bare art assets for reference, and letting me 'meld' for a few days before coming out of the dark sweaty and kicking soda cans out of the door before slapping down a completely scripted, timestamped, and screenplayed stack of paper (complete with shitty doodles) and me walking TF out with a big check until I'm called upon again. I've accepted I'll never become this. I have neither the artistic capability to prove myself, or the funds to hire others to make these things for me to build a portfolio, so the ideas that do sit in my head, they'll remain there, and I'm okay with that. In the meantime, AI art serves as a quick and easy way to just flesh out the things I see in my head because while they'll never be shown to a vast and truly appreciative audience of millions or billions of fans, they serve a very happy audience of one. My thoughts on AI as a whole though? A few points: 1) People calling themselves artists when generating AI art is cringe - Prompt hacking is very much a skill that WILL be useful in modern day tech. Just as a point of insight from the industry, there ARE certain ways you need to speak to AI models for them to generate exactly what you need for productivity (not talking about art, here). And considering most people can't speak to the Burger King staff without a) having a conniption fit about the cheese on their double-whopper with no cheese , or b) shitting their pants out of social anxiety, being able to concisely articulate an idea in your head is becoming surprisingly rare. I blame Roblox and TikTok. 2. People using AI art for profit is cringe - Seeing it way too much in clothing right now, and the reality that can't be avoided is that someone's artistic DNA is ending up on those shirts, and they're not be compensated for it. I'll never be okay with that. Plus, it's just another way for shitty fabric clothing to be sold because it has a big titty waifu on it. It's neither good for the artists or the planet. There's currently a huge issue with fast fashion right now and waste being generated. 3. AI art WILL galvanize hand-made art - We're not seeing it right now because the way human's interact with all mediums is rapidly changing at the moment and we're all barely able to hold onto our asses with how fast it's moving, but I'd bet $1,000 that within the next 50 years, we will see a film hit theaters where it is someone just actually painting a full picture. The same way that Banksy installations are buried in 32-flavors of irony of 'iNtRoSpEcTiOn On ThE sTaTe Of ThE aRtIsTiC cRaFt', the reality is that their art is compelling and when AI art eventually becomes near indistinguishable from hand-drawn art, actual artists will become Gods for those with the money to pay for it. 4. AI art is art, but in what WILL become an added definition (whether we like it or not) - AI art is literally just the translation of the written word parsed through the lens of human-created technology to spit out an image on the otherside. We don't have to give it any accolades (because it rightfully doesn't deserve it), but it IS art with the exception being... 5. I would never pay for it, I don't, and I reckon most people wouldn't/don't with any real intent on lauding the piece in praise - This last point is more anecdotal, but I'd guess if you asked most people, they'd feel the same way. AI art will NEVER touch my walls; not because a piece of AI art couldn't/wouldn't look cool, but because I just don't have emotional connection to it. I have (*actively counting RN*) exactly 13 pieces of art on my walls. Two are from Valve Software, four are from ThatJettyShow, two are from an Etsy artist who I offered to pay 2x his asking price for for depictions of my Nyx from Warframe, one is from a high school friend's project in their entry to art class, three giant canvases of Hinata from Naruto, and the last is the map of Gielinor from Jagex (20 year RS vet). Collectively over $1,700 across all pieces with the RS being the most expensive because I thought I was cool to get it framed in 400-fucking-dollar museum glass and a wooden frame for some reason. AI art though? Wouldn't pay a dime. As a closing note, just a small side tangent: My favorite pieces of art in the world are, and probably always will be, the art spotlight videos of League of Legends characters that Riot used to release in tandem with the champion release. Nautilus is still my favorite.