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This post by photographer Jingna Zhang resonates with me.

#AI art is devoid of humanity, intention, and backstory. It’s a shallow remix of human works, designed to be consumed and discarded, grinding human creation down into a sandy paste, to be re-extruded into grotesque displays. It’s the opposite of what makes art so valuable.

#aiArt #art #plagiarism #artist

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@drahardja the part about placing the petals is something I don't think folks think about a lot. There's so much tiny, practically invisible, detail work that can go into creating an artwork. An intention at each step, a thought process about each element of detail, each petal.

@ReverendMoose @drahardja and as @pluralistic puts it, they are the result of tiny decisions.

“Art, in other words, is an act of communication – and there you have the problem with AI art. As a writer, when I write a novel, I make tens – if not hundreds – of thousands of tiny decisions …”

pluralistic.net/2025/03/25/com

pluralistic.netPluralistic: Why I don’t like AI art (25 Mar 2025) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
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@peterfr this makes sense because AI has nothing to communicate, and in fact can't even understand what's being said.