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AI preys on our culture's feeling that authentic art only comes from talent and a self-destructive degree of dedication. It's presented as a cheat code to be a 'real artist.' People attacking ai artists using the messaging that they're talentless (whatever that means) are only feeding that.

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@floatoverblow.com

What they see coming out of these tools is legitimacy they feel they could never have without enormous sacrifice. The alternative to doubling down is facing that (unneccessary) despair that they have no authentic voice or place in art. Somehow everyone's surprised it's not getting through.

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Float

@floatoverblow.com

26 May

I know a lot of people would call this tone policing, and yes there are more important things than people's feelings. I'm just saying, doing this and being surprised by people reacting the way people do is maybe detrimental. The fight is harder than calling people shitheads or we'd be done already.