When you first see what image-generating AIs can do, you feel bad for real artists; after playing around with it, you envy them.

https://lemmy.ml/post/2583365

When you first see what image-generating AIs can do, you feel bad for real artists; after playing around with it, you envy them. - Lemmy

I don’t understand what this means.
I believe they are saying that the skill it takes a real artist to produce art is something to envy.

yea, specifically I envy the ability to form an original idea and then using your skills to create something exactly how you want it to be. Must be nice. Using those AIs is just unsatisfying, it’s never your thing, never your style and never your idea, never your vision, never your art – even if it might look kinda cool sometimes.

I tried really hard to “create” an older Version of Daria (from the MTV cartoon, so not even an original idea cuz I cannot form those) standing in front of a billboard in a slightly dystopian environment. Despite numerous attempts of prompting, the best I got was this hyper-attractive girl in a green jacket.

You need to work on your prompts.

Here’s a great example petapixel.com/…/ai-images-titled-boring-america-p…

AI Images Titled 'Boring America Photorealism' Goes Viral on Reddit

At first glance, they are convincing.

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