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Shoutout to my friend who tried to defend AI art with a bad analogy
He compared it to sampling music, but I asked if he'd be okay with someone sampling his voice without permission. The look on his face when he realized it wasn't the same was priceless.
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fiona_garcia1d ago
Oh man, this reminds me of something similar that happened to my friend Leo. He got into a big argument online saying AI art tools were just like cameras, a new tool for artists. Then someone asked him how he'd feel if a camera could only take pictures by scanning and mixing up millions of photos taken by other people without their okay. He called me right after and was just totally quiet for a second, like his whole argument just fell apart. It's a different way to see it for sure.
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evan48922h ago
Hold up, that camera example isn't quite right. AI doesn't just scan and mix up existing photos. It learns patterns from lots of images, like shapes and colors, to make new things. The permission issue is still a problem, but it's not the same as a camera copying pictures directly. It's more like learning from other art to create your own style, but done by a computer. So the argument doesn't totally collapse, it just gets messy.
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johnson.river19h ago
Ever notice how we do this with everything new?
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