Art has always been a huge part of our lives. Even hundreds of years ago, artists were highly positioned people in society. They were respected and believed to be smarter than the rest. When it comes to art, I think paintings are the most intriguing part of it. I think many people share my opinion, because to this day they are sold for unimaginable amounts of money. What is more, the most visited museums in the world are the ones with works by artists such as Vincent van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet, and Picasso. These painters are one of the best to ever live, because they put great effort into transferring emotions into their paintings. So is it possible to make an amazing piece without using any emotional intelligence? Some think it is, but for me, it will never be comparable to real artists’ work.
AI is becoming day by day a more significant part of our lives. We can experience it in so many everyday life situations, for example, when using voice assistance or image recognition for face to unlock your smartphone. But could you imagine that you can create your own AI art? That’s because of machines like DALL·E Mini.
DALL·E Mini has been rebranded as Craiyon and everybody can use it now for free. The company behind this concept is called Hugging Face, they are mostly known for being hosts of many open-source AI projects. They focus on creating an AI community that works together for a brighter future. They rebranded DALL·E Mini in June, because of the request of OpenAI. Using this tool, everyone can generate images from just a bunch of text. You just simply have to insert some text and you get nine images in return. The tool has become a meme generator overnight as people started having fun with their content. Many of the images are on social media like Twitter and Reddit. Check it for yourself, I promise it will be worth it. What is most interesting, Craiyon can generate up to 50 000 images per day. Moreover, Crayon’s database contains 30 000 000 million training images.
But there is quite a lot of controversy surrounding AI paintings. Firstly, artists may feel that AI is ripping off their work. Many artists think that AI deprives them of proper credit. The best example is Greg Rutkowski, who noticed that many people have been recently posting work very similar to his. This is starting to make sense when you discover that nearly 100 000 images have been created by just simply inserting his name into AI programs. I think he has every right to feel ripped off his work because it is on the verge of plagiarism. In my opinion, AI images should be regulated by laws to avoid situations like this.
What is more, many people believe that AI can never replace the human touch that artists have when it comes to capturing different moods or emotions. If I am being honest, I am one of them. I totally agree that AI images will never be as good as the ones made by humans.
Last but not least, many people try to monetize their AI images. I think it is not very ethical, because they aren’t selling their own work, but the work of a computer program. This is some sort of a grey area when it comes to commercial law, but I think this topic should be sorted out as soon as possible and actions like this should be fined and prohibited.
The Atlantic and nature.com both state that AI art is a great invention that will change our world for the better. But I don’t agree with this point of view. In my opinion, AI art is art for lazy people because it doesn’t require any artistic processes. This is why we are starting to question what art really is nowadays. If anyone can become an artist without skills or some sort of training then creating art is not special anymore or as special as it used to be. What do you think?
References:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2022/09/ai-art-generators-future/671568/
Thank you for sharing your opinion about AI art. I entirely agree with your assessment that artificial intelligence-generated art can never fully replace the human touch and emotional connection that artists bring to their work. The fact that AI art may be commercialised without appropriate artist acknowledgment poses serious ethical concerns. As AI continues to play a larger part in our environment, this is a problem that should be investigated more.