I'm so angry about all this popularized AI bullshit going around--especially exacerbated by the horrendously cringeworthy and harmful Ghibli theft machine--that I felt the need to update my blog after so many months!
Yesterday I read a fantastically worded-Twitter post that said, regarding the obsessive use of AI to make “art” by stealing works of others, that people who do this don’t love making things. They love HAVING things. And oh shit, let me tell you---I was floored by how spot-on that is. They really hit the nail on the head with that one….the more I think about it, the more sense it makes, and the more it explains people’s behaviour.
It’s scary these people call themselves “artists”, considering art is the last thing they’re going for. After all, what is the number one most important ingredient in art? What aspect of art matters most of all?
It’s not skill, nor talent, nor knowledge.
The answer is SOUL.
THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF ART IS SOUL.
AI does not have a soul.
Therefore, AI cannot create art.
I mean, at least be honest with everyone (including yourself!) and call it what it is—STOLEN art.
Moreover, the fact you'd even consider stealing bits of someone's soul that they poured out into the world, and repurpose it into trash for your starved talentless, grubby hands is an ugly reminder that we've hit peak dystopia. Or, perhaps, we hit peak dystopia long ago, but you types are certainly prolonging it.
Learn to make your own art, you lazy little thieving fucks.