AI art has received viral attention in the public and on social media due to the emergence of Lensa and ChatGPT. There have been lots of debates about AI over the years, and now we are seeing more and more public discussion on the future of AI and ethics. I wanted to simplify and summarize some of the arguments out there and then add my own opinion to this messy situation.

This is a long one, I hope you enjoy!

PS. The portraits I generated in the thumbnail uses Midjourney, and is in the style of Mike Winkelmann & Tomer Hanuka.

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⟡ socials ⟡
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⟡ sources ⟡
Lots of great discussions from creatives below. They go into so much more detail than I do in this video, so I encourage you to watch some of the lengthier ones to get the full picture.

‪@samdoesarts‬
Why Artists Are Fed Up With AI -    • Why Artists are Fed Up with AI Art.  

‪@StevenZapataArt‬
An Argument Against Image AI -    • The End of Art: An Argument Against I...  

‪@AdamDuffArt‬
Drawing the Line for AI Art -    • AI ART - Where The Line Must Be Drawn  

‪@fowlerillus‬
Ai Art Discussion -    • How Will AI Art Impact the Concept Ar...  

‪@ergojosh‬
AI Art Will Save Artists -    • How AI Art will SAVE Artists, not des...  

‪@ProkoTV‬
AI Art from AI Developers -    • What AI Developers Want Artists to Kn...  

‪@mkbhd‬
Truth About AI Getting Creative -    • The Truth About AI Getting "Creative"  

Midjourney AI art prompt reference sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/...


⟡ chapters ⟡
00:00 - AI Art is a Problem
01:10 - Two Sides of the Argument
02:55 - The Disagreement, Simplified
03:15 - "Product-Driven" Art
04:20 - "Process-Driven" Art
06:10 - Product vs. Process
08:15 - brb
08:25 - AI Ethics is a Problem
09:45 - Misunderstanding 1
10:50 - Misunderstanding 2
12:45 - Misunderstanding 3
15:20 - Is There A Solution??
16:20 - My AI Art Proposal
18:00 - Our Responsibility for AI and Art