My views on #AI "#art" have soured. #AiGeneratedImagery is empty artistry. Visual junk food. It's quick, it's satisfying at the moment, but feels hollow and meaningless afterwards. Like the cheesy "artistic" filters pioneered by Instagram. I could type more, but honestly, I don't have the will or strength to do so.
I’ll never try to join another online #artcommunity. They are always a lot of #artists that are ignored and a handful of top dogs that act like assholes who are above all the wannabe plebs. Also, I’ve never felt any connection to other artists. You know, artists have been the tools of capitalists, religion, tyrants, and fascist since forever. Think different my ass. Artists aren’t creative, misunderstood introverts, they’re self-centred, selfish narcissists. That and the mindless hate of #aigeneratedimagery just turns me off. #mastodonart

I've been doing test streams on #Twitch for the last week and I'll be #streaming today. I mostly stream #traditionalart and #digitalpainting in #Krita. I also use #AIgeneratedimagery, so if you're an AI hater, you may want to pass on my streams. But if you're ok with that and want to hang out and #chat, please stop by. The stream will begin around 15:30 GMT.

https://www.twitch.tv/darkphotonstudio

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I make art and music (metal, electronic, industrial). Vegan. Metal head. ASD. Linux user. Gen-X greybeard. May include inappropriate language and dated Gen-X/90s references.

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It’s incredible how cute animals are in #AIGeneratedImagery oh wait that’s just Beasley.

For sure there are some ethical and moral questions around AI artwork and the datasets used to train the models, but from what I’ve read so far the loudest voices demonizing these tools are individuals who don’t understand the technology.

At it’s core it’s similar to a person spending hours looking at publicly shared artwork they admire, and learning how to incorporate that style into their own original work. The models themselves contain no image data.

#AIArt #AIGeneratedImagery #AIArtwork

ok well I figured out a brittle #DiffusionBee UI macro workflow with Keyboard Maestro to help save the images less manually. Still more manual steps later, now this https://www.dropbox.com/s/ayvvyjic9sr27ha/twocatspilotingaspaceshipwoodcutlinocutprint.mov?dl=0 #AIGeneratedImagery right click on it to Set it to loop, then go full screen. 212 unique frames of “Two Cats Piloting a Spaceship” as a linocut black and white print, with a couple of parameter tweaks along the way. Hmm! Interesting! #caturday
twocatspilotingaspaceshipwoodcutlinocutprint.mov

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Have some cute robots #Midjourney painted for me:

#Midjourney #AIGeneratedImagery #AIArt #CuteRobots