Alt text: a post from @lolennui.bsky.social that says: Once my German friend asked what creative people do without arts grants and other support in the US and I felt like a parent trying to explain to their kid that the puppies can die sometimes

    • @can@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      Boooo, that will never compare to the personal satisfaction of honing a craft.

      Edit: machine generation can be fun but I promise it’s not as fulfilling as finding something you love doing purely for the sake of it and watching your progress over years.

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        14 months ago

        Someone is going to say the same way a flesh artist does. But I think it’s more than synthesis of what a person sees, its their lived experience

        • @TrousersMcPants@lemmy.world
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          14 months ago

          Well if they said that they would be objectively wrong. An AI puts no thought into it’s creation, despite the misleading name. It simply is able to approximate an imitation of the artwork it’s trained on.