To that argument, my answer is that writing a prompt that actually creates the intended idea is Art itself: Function meeting inspiration, like a photographer uses a viewfinder to set the context of the captured image, so too, does a text prompt set the parameters of the AI image return. Sound familiar? Today, photography is considered original, and important Art and one day, the same will be said about AI generated Art.Īnother accusation that is tossed at AI Artists is that we are “only writing text” and that we aren’t actually “creating” the Art - the machines are creating the Art.

photographers, we now have NFT Artists claiming AI Art is “stealing” their stuff and that AI Art is mechanical and uninspired. That was the thinking back in 1840, and now, today, instead of painters vs. “A camera is not a human mind, so it cannot create originality.”

“Photography is just copying, it isn’t original like what I paint.” When the portrait painters began to notice this new thing called photography was taking hold around 1840, the painters said the same thing about photographers what many “artists” today are saying about “AI Art.” While we might believe we are inventing something groundbreaking, our work is often rooted in previously established ideas. Merging two ideas to create a novel concept is not copying or stealing but rather reflects the age-old human method of internalizing and reinterpreting information. AI doesn’t steal Art instead, it draws inspiration from existing art and transforms it into something new - a process that mirrors human creativity, even if we don’t always recognize it. Everything has already been created and published - we just may not know it yet due to geography, education, and lack of exposure.ĪI serves to compile and process vast amounts of information, making it more readily accessible and condensing it into an instantly discoverable experience. We may not be aware that the piece of Art we saw in the museum inspired our own “original” creation later, perhaps even years later but if we are being direct with ourselves, we have to confess there are no ideas that are fresh and original. The one thing that trips up these AI deniers is that AI learns just as we do: through exposure to information and by exploring the relationships of experience. I have little patience for having a conversation with those types of Luddite deniers because, in the end, their arguments are both boring and wrong. They argue AI text responses are wrong they bray that AI images are stolen. As an early advocate for AI (Artificial Intelligence) I get some pushback from people who don’t know anything about the technology and who just want to persecute the entire idea of AI anything.

Work getting stolen by ia writer