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L4sBot Sep 3, 2023

Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI

Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI - Lemmy.world

Fans Think Latest Pokémon Go Artwork Was Made With AI::Pokémon Go publisher Niantic has aroused fans’ suspicions after a promotional image showed some telltale signs of potentially being AI artwork, rather than something made by an actual human artist. The image in question appears in promotional material for Adventures Abound, the next season of the mobile collectathon game, set to run from September 1 […]

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rivermonster Sep 3, 2023

Why would I care if the used computer generated art?

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glacier Sep 3, 2023

People care because it means that the Pokemon Company did not pay an artist to create the image.

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soloner Sep 3, 2023

So, this is the direction we’re headed. Why is it news when a company does it?

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nolannice

I personally care because it means destroying the livelihoods of artists in exchange for shitty nonsensical bootlegs of art. Making it bad press is really the only recourse we have against this.