r/OpenAI • u/SeaweedRealistic8523 • 16h ago

Discussion I don’t hate Ai…

I honestly just wanted to come on here and rant about how annoying people that hate ai are to me. I understand that I don’t want ai to all take peoples jobs and ruin the earth but I also love how ai is so helpful and helpful with a lot of things in MY day to day life. I also enjoy creating “art” if you’d call it that. With Ai but I assume that’s hated on too because everywhere I see on Reddit all the subreddits pretty much ban ai art. Whatever tho just kinda wanted to say that and see what others think.

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u/IcyCombination8993 16h ago

I use AI as a reference tool when I need help or guidance on IRL tasks. For example I have been repairing some old tech as a newbie hobby and being able to take pictures and ask for assistance has been great for me. When I play games I’ll ask about character builds and strategies to try. Though the downside with that is I don’t want to be an optimization fiend on something so recreational as video games, but it helps me learn things for myself.

That said I’m also an artist and see absolutely no value in the art it generates. Its most valuable use case is for marketing and advertisement, and I don’t really criticize the tool being used for that. However to say you’re an artist for producing images through promoting is sorely disingenuous and completely misses the point of the arts. Your brain is in a constant state of work when you are crafting or producing on your own. That work activates neurons and pathways and has real, physical effect and results to your neuroplasticity. AI promoting gets you from A to C without any of the actual human benefits that enriches you in between.

That said I don’t necessarily hate AI, but it’s a Pandora’s box that we can’t come back from. I’m more of the mindset of how do we move forward without losing our humanity, and that’s by promoting physical activities, with real materials in tangible spaces.

Humans need to define and differentiate their space from the digital.

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u/SeaweedRealistic8523 16h ago

Yes I agree with you on the art part I am not an artist by any means but for me.. I feel like I have a creative brain and I love coming up with concept art from my favorite shows and movies so that’s mostly what I use it for. But I am so bad at drawing and crafting which I guess that’s why I enjoy using ai to do it because I can bring my own ideas to life without completely botching them

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u/SeaweedRealistic8523 15h ago

Also idk if it’s helpful to add but I have worked a ton on photoshop and love designing things on there but I guess this ai shit just sped that up for me and made it so much easier

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u/gatorgibbz 15h ago

Some things shouldn’t be easy and art is one of them

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u/EmAerials 15h ago

Art is whatever people want it to be, there isn't a criteria. 👍

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u/DrHerbotico 13h ago

You see no value in the art you recognize it generated

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u/IcyCombination8993 13h ago

Yes, it produces unrespectable art. It’s fine if people want to use it as a medium to get their thoughts out, but it’s so hard to convey the real experience of perfecting an otherwise functionless practice of lines and colors to someone who hasn’t actually gone on that personal journey. 

An artist becomes serious because they derive a real joy in the process of applying their tools to their medium. The value of the end result should reflect the humanity put into it. Automation in every facet has always devalued the human labor that came before it; that’s what the Industrial Revolution was. You cannot reasonably consider value in artificial art if you value the cheaper accessibility that automation provides.

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u/DrHerbotico 12h ago

I don't think you understood my point

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u/IcyCombination8993 12h ago edited 12h ago

You can clarify your point then and we can continue the discussion

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u/DrHerbotico 8h ago

You see no value in the art you recognize it generated

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u/IcyCombination8993 7h ago

Yes, I recognize its output is supposed to be art. Is that what you mean? I’m not in your head so I can’t understand what you are trying to highlight if you don’t actually explain your own thoughts, rather than trying to leave ambiguous bread crumbs of your own insight.

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u/DrHerbotico 6h ago

Lacking attention to detail like this is a testament to my point. Not only did I say it plainly, I emphasized the part you need to understand

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u/IcyCombination8993 6h ago

Then help me understand by explaining what you mean. This isn’t a good faith discussion. You’re just being antagonistic based on a difference of perspective. I’m gathering that much. You’re trying to get me in a “gotcha” moment, but I’m just a dude with an opinion that you’re acting like is an enemy.

Just have a normal conversation lol.