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[NYC Liberal]

102. Hey, I'm a chef

because I put frozen Mac-and-Cheese in my microwave and pressed a few buttons. That's how it works now right?

in case it wasn't obvious; I agree with you.

The other mediums I see people making comparisons too, like photography, require actual work, skill, and artistic intent. Even more important, they don't rely on stealing the work of others. AI "art" literally could not exist if it didn't have the work of real people to steal from. Imagine if you commissioned a portrait from an actual painter, paid them nothing, took their work, then told everyone you made it because you told the artist what you wanted.

There might be a place for AI "art" that is solely trained on work which was commissioned to be used for that purpose. If artists are hired and paid fairly to create training data specifically for AI, and they choose to take the job with that knowledge, that would be okay, I think. Even then, I don't think AI "art" will ever rival art created by a human being, because the intent and the emotions are not there.