Exactly. Gen AI is just a more complex version of the magic wand tool. In a better world where it wasn’t made with unethically sourced training material, I would even go right ahead and suggest it as a useful tool for artists for stuff like storyboarding or blocking out compositions.
But it is made unethically and for the specific purpose of preventing artists from receiving what they’re owed for the work that they do or for replacing their jobs with something of lesser quality because it’s cheaper, so I can’t and won’t willingly support it.
Exactly. Gen AI is just a more complex version of the magic wand tool. In a better world where it wasn’t made with unethically sourced training material, I would even go right ahead and suggest it as a useful tool for artists for stuff like storyboarding or blocking out compositions.
But it is made unethically and for the specific purpose of preventing artists from receiving what they’re owed for the work that they do or for replacing their jobs with something of lesser quality because it’s cheaper, so I can’t and won’t willingly support it.