Why I hate the Delusionati - Big Art Rant About AI

Hello friends,

I've noticed months ago a glaring issue with AI slop image generator enthusiasts, when they try to sell you a model that creates slop 'in style of [insert artist]'. Obviously we all know this shit sucks, but there is a bigger picture that will eventually lead to muddying of the artists' actual style.

I encountered this initially with Schiele actually. Someone on instagram shared a painting, attributed to Egon Schiele, with a date and everything. Four billion likes. Funnily enough, if you type Egon Schiele into bnet.lab8.cz (pinterest), you get this on the first page of results (and a couple more AI slop of this type of bullshit).

Why is this bad?

Firstly, Schiele never in his life painted a conventionally attractive person. This shit is very misrepresentative of what he was doing. So why do these get billions of likes? Because it's porn for the eyes. AI models seem dead set on making everything look like an e-girl onlyfans model, and of course sex sells. And secondly, nobody will ever double check if it's real, if the artist really made it. They will click the heart and feel cultured for liking art. Scroll on.

We can say "oh well, but the true art experts know the difference". And? It's not the 'true art experts' who make art popular. Well. Kind of (think industry plants, etc), but that's not the point. And let's not forget those fuckwads who generate this shit, because it makes them feel like the artists their name they put into the prompt.

In this endless chase of clout and upclicks, the strokes of the dead will be slowly replaced by machine output, and nobody will notice.

I am so fucking tired of this fucking bullshit.

I leave you with Goya.

Thanks!

xoxo

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