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My friend's AI art piece sold for $400 at a local market, and now our artist group is split.
Half of us think it's a cool new tool that makes art more accessible, but the other half feel it's stealing from real artists who trained for years, so where do you stand on AI art being sold like that?
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oliviatorres1mo ago
That $400 sale is just one person buying a print, so is it really hurting anyone?
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sammartinez1mo ago
It's a tough spot for your group to be in. I get why some folks are upset about the years of practice feeling overlooked. At the same time, that sale shows there's a real market for what AI can help make. The whole thing just makes me wish there was a clearer line between a tool and taking someone's work.
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max_cooper211mo ago
We just agreed to credit the original artists the AI learned from.
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Yo, crediting artists is basically a bandaid on a bullet wound. You can't just slap someone's name on a dataset and call it fair when their entire style is getting copied without permission or payment. How is a link in a footnote gonna help a painter pay their rent after an AI replica of their work gets sold for 400 bucks? That's not a solution, that's just a way to make people feel better while the actual harm keeps happening.
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