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Littlest Bookshop's avatar

As long as we own a book shop, we will never buy a book created with AI. As buyers we are as interested in the artist and their passion as much as we are about selling the end product. I am confident most Indy book shops feel the same. We can't get excited about a computer visiting our shop!!!

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Noor Naqaweh's avatar

I 100% agree! Human art is irreplaceable no matter how much they try to replace it. And there will always be people who value it greatly. In fact, maybe now with AI, more people will appreciate human made things!

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Anne Belov's avatar

"watercolor can sense fear"

Hahahahaha! Very true.

I love this essay and you are absolutely right about everything. I too refuse to create artwork digitally. There are some who do it well, but they are in the minority. I love making things with paint and over the life of my art career, I have worked in a variety of media. You give me hope for the future and our ability to evade our robot overlords.

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Matt Foltz-Gray's avatar

With ya all the way! Thank you for sharing your thoughts and beautifully human work.

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Sarah Allen's avatar

I love this!! I don't think this is naive, I think it's human. AI can't and won't ever be able to replicate the human emotion involved in creativity.

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Mon's avatar

Reading this healed my soul and allayed all my fears??? <3<3<3

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Cara Gormally's avatar

I love this. And maybe not your intended outcome but it made me want to try watercolor—I loved your TED talk / rant /soapbox abt it

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Veronica Mang's avatar

I love this. If we paint fast enough, they'll never catch us!! lol.

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Sarah Miller's avatar

I love this to the nth degree.

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Shanda McCloskey's avatar

This is rad, Lian.

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Mark and Draw's avatar

I am against AI creating art. AI can support us in certain areas but not duplicate our creative process. AI has no soul, no heart, and does not create out of emotional motivation. This only includes human art.

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B. Kwax's avatar

I'm all-out against AI art. Unfortunately I don't think we can stop AI in all capacities but I think as artists we can, and should, cultivate and perpetuate the general sentiment that "art" generated by AI is garbage. It shows ignorance and bad taste, at best. It's "undead" and ghoulish, at worst.

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Jamal Robinson's avatar

Grateful I came across your work ❤️

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Jeannie's avatar

Thank you for sharing your thoughts on AI. I've been saddened by what I see happening with it, but your daring stance to it is refreshing. I'm going to remind myself of this every time the blues of AI darken my thoughts, thank you!!

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Lynn Alpert's avatar

Your wonderful words sum up the exact way I feel about AI art (and others who think we think artists are the "elite" and need to be taken down a few pegs.) Like you said, every child does art, so artists know that everyone can be creative, but to be really good at it takes work and practice. Just like actors, athletes, lawyers, doctors, teachers, etc. – do people hate them? I don't think so, and some of them make a butt-load of money! I just don't get the hate. And if they knew how much a lot of us struggle to make ends meet, maybe they wouldn't.

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MSIST - Mel Yensen's avatar

Had a lot of fun reading your blog! Let’s fight AI! 🤜🏽💥🤛🏽

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