Allen, who owns a gaming company, proudly wrote about his win on the Midjourney Discord.
What will we have then?
Does this seem hypocritical to you guys?
TL;DR Someone entered an art competition with an AI-generated piece and won the first prize.
This is a similar issue that has concerned manyAI ethicists.
In some ways, this debate between the merits of the idea versus technical execution is nothing new.
Throughout theItalian Renaissance, scholars debated whether it was the idea or who actually painted the canvas that mattered.
Allen’s victory is a contemporary version of that same debate.
For others, his victory is an affront to human artists who manually create every part of their art.
In fact, My Modern Met often features artistic projects that use AI.
For the record, I think AI can be a useful tool for artists.
Something made with literally zero skill or effort should not be rewarded over actually thought out works.
Doesn’t bode well for the human vs AI illustration discussion.
People had similar concerns with photography in the 1800s.
Some artists feared it would replace other forms of traditional art completely, but it didnt.
Like photography, AI is just a new tool/medium that can be used for art making.
It has its pros and cons like all art forms.
Sienna Laine (@PaintandSipYT)August 31, 2022
Are we though?
Or are we watching a new genre emerge?
These negative reactions are the same that were thought towards cubism and impressionism.
I think these AI created pieces are incredible.
The guy in his discord message says this took him a long time.
It’s not like he just typed in one thing and submitted it.
An artist must invent new ideas (a thing that an AI is probably not capable of).
