@kaimac So that's what it means! I discovered it too in sources, but was still puzzled by it until now) heh

@kerravonsen 4. The only positive thing for me is that AI drawings are not a bad source of inspiration for concepts. Like a quicker search for "the very same picture" of another artists for inspiration (not even a repeat!) that you have to google a little longer to find... But again: in general and without AI such pictures were searched without problems) 😅 Thanks again for the food for thought, I'm even better convinced of the idea that AI for creativity is garbage.

@kerravonsen 3. So I totally agree, even from my experience I'll say that AI in general is some kind of very, very stupid assistant that takes forever to look after, and often has MUCH to fix, it can't be trusted to do a really good job. It's much easier and faster for me to draw on my own in an hour than to spend hours telling this idiot exactly what I need 😣 Of course, I'm afraid they'll improve over time, but they'll still be stylistically limited and recognizable. It'll be like with photo 🤷‍♂️

@kerravonsen 2. BUT! On other hand we humans can change angle, calculate perspective differently, and more. And it's not the skill itself that pushes us to do these EXPERIMENTS with our existing skills, but the DESIRE to try out a new, because it is boring, etc., it's not even about skill. i.e. we humans behave as "masters" over the drawing, not as "blind assistants" for artists. On top of that I'm embarrassed by stock watermarks. So about the collages, the truth may very likely be on your side)

@kerravonsen Good answers, thank you!
1. Haven't thought about collages that deeply yet, fresh idea 🤔 At first technically I understood that AI works with image disassembled into "atoms", and it literally "draws" from small noise, at each step "refining and choosing a new turn of stroke", but not from "patches". And if think, we draw the same way, just by having certain "skill blocks" about how to draw arms, legs, etc. at what angle. And very few artists deviate from their established patterns..

@kerravonsen I'm not sticking up for AI, I don't like the approach for AI training etc either, but I want to be objective about this "philosophical" issue (AI have given us food for thought) as the AI mechanism is generally similar to how I learned myself 🤯 This is something I myself have not yet gotten an answer to.