• snooggums
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    601 day ago

    Being good at prompting AI to generate art is like being good at using a search engine to find a specific picture.

    Search engine AI artists!

    • @kshade
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      381 day ago

      It’s a lot like commissioning something from an artist. You have to describe what you want, with the style, details and mood you want to see, then maybe go back and forth a few times until it’s just right. Doing that well is a skill, so are things like art direction. But replacing the humans executing on the direction with a machine doesn’t suddenly make the directing human an artist.

    • @Hawke
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      -41 day ago

      You’re being facetious but searching is a skill too. A simple skill but still a skill.

      • snooggums
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        23 hours ago

        Nobody said it wasn’t a skill, just that it isn’t the same thing as creating art. You know, the thing that artists do.

        • @Hawke
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          So you’re just bothered by the use of the term “artist” to describe it?

          Subway calls their employees “sandwich artists”, but I don’t see anyone freaking out about how those people aren’t really creating art.

          • snooggums
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            2222 hours ago

            So you’re just bothered by the use of the term “artist” to describe it?

            I’m not bothered, just pointing out that you are entirely missing the point of the meme.

            Subway calls their employees “sandwich artists”, but I don’t see anyone freaking out about how those people aren’t really creating art.

            Everyone mocks Subway for calling their employees ‘artists’.

            • @[email protected]
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              811 hours ago

              Can confirm. I mock subway for calling their employees “artists”.

              Also, if they can’t meet the legal Irish definition of bread, then they certainly shouldn’t be calling the whole thing a sandwich. That “ham” wasn’t sliced, it was extruded into that shape.

          • @[email protected]
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            116 hours ago

            They work to create an appealing looking and tasting sandwich and make a bit of a show out of the process. It might not be super impressive or extraordinary, but I suppose it can be considered somewhat of an art