I agree with this entirely. I personally use AI to help me do things that I don’t have the time to do “the old fashioned way”.

I can draw, paint, sing, sculpt, etc, and I enjoy doing all these things very much. But I don’t have time any more - I have a full-time job, two kids taking up most of my time, and Long COVID means I’m asleep for almost all of what would be left over.

I’ve used AI to help me bring 2d art, music and 3d models into this world that would otherwise be trapped in my head.

😳😬

Ah, thanks for that!

I was genuinely interested because I used to lecture when the GANs first started appearing. Ironically enough, I used to point out to the students how you could tell photos were generated (mismatching ears shapes, asymmetrical glasses, oddly shaped jewellery etc.).

Seems like I need more exposure to the comic art side of things!

I don’t agree with your take, sorry.

To say that an artist should have exclusive control over a style is dangerous.

Every time there is a big upheaval in an industry, it affects people’s jobs in that sector. Henry Ford’s investments in automation, put a lot of small car manufacturers in a tricky position. It also led to cars being affordable for most American households.

I’m not unsympathetic, in fact I’m more than a little aware that AI will be taking over my sector, the software development jobs, within a couple of years (and unlike art, I can’t see any market for “hand-crafted” code!).

But, the genie can’t be put back in the bottle. There’s no possible positive that comes from “calling out” AI art whenever you see it. It doesn’t help artists - if anything we’ve seen artists having to go out of their way proving their work isn’t AI.

Human artists train using other artists work. Every avenue of human endeavour is based on what came before.

My own default style shares similarities with Barbara Canepa and Rumiko Takahashi. Why? Because, as a teen, I used to copy their stuff, trying to “unlock” the parts of it that I like.

If I was to directly copy an image, and say it was my own, then that crosses over into stealing. But that’s not what has happened here. And unless you get very specific with the prompts, it’s not likely to happen.

Shocking truth:

Humans can make all art made by AI.

Humans can make all calculations made by computers.

People use tools to achieve their goals more efficiently. It’s the way it always has been. It doesn’t mean there’s no value attached to it.

Incidentally, for all of the “this is AI” brigade, what are you picking up on? I’m not picking up on any of the classic tells. Aside from the closed fists in the first and last image, where I’d personally go for an open hand, I don’t see anything obviously amiss.

Love it, especially the alt text.

This is it.

Either that, or instate emergency powers using the rules already in place. He’s already tested the fence enough to see that the “checks and balances” don’t actually affect what he does.

democracy is based on the idea that we want others to be treated fairly

I think the last few months have more than proven that is not the case.

Democracy, in its most common implementation, is based on the idea of the tyranny of the majority. This often runs counter to the concept of treating others fairly.

People who suffer anxiety are in the minority - and they are forced to navigate a world of people who expect them to conform with their social norms.

We should just live and let live.

I think they’re for performing the vasectomies as alluded to in the second panel. I assumed the turps is for make-shift antiseptic.

Well, Edward would still peep “hello” at him, at least. But, yeah, Gordon just laughed and said “serves you right” when he passed.