I made this comment on a YT vid. Thought it stands up well enough to repost here:

AI generated material, like writing, cannot be considered genuinely creative. The less a human is involved, the less the end result will speak to people on a human level. But also one thing that is often not discussed about this is that by generating AI 'art', we are robbing ourselves of the many benefits of creating things ourselves. So not only does the reader lose out, the writer does too. 1/2

Curious how artists and creators of all kinds are engaging with the digital world in the age of AI (slop)? If at all?

If you are an artist in the fediverse, do you publish and promote online, have a portfolio site, self-hosted or begrudgingly do the Instagram thing etc.?

Or have you decided not to bother and create, produce and showcase entirely 'IRL'?

It's funny how I sometimes get asked either with respect to my day job or my hobby fixing cars: 'how do you know / did you learn all this'

There's two simple things I think help with this:
1. I read a lot of instructions, documentation and manuals and refer back to them when I need to
2. I try lots of different things and attempt to figure out what works. Basically I persevere

I don't think it's because I'm smart or talented or whatever. That mindset creates a barrier to learning.