So, AI. The big new technology. Like the nuclear power plants of yesteryear and... I don't know, Skynet of sci-fi. I don't know about it. I don't hate the concept of AI and I feel like some problems with AI has more to do with users than the technology. Like anyone can use cleaning agents to make mustard gas, it's not fair to blame the cleaning agents used to make mustard gas for the chemical burns, you know? Like AI can be used to make some fucked up stuff, but that's not the AI's fault entirely, and I don't know about being able to monitor and police it to the point were that is not possible anymore.
But back on topic. I don't like some aspects of AI. Mostly how people are using it to take over creative spaces. Like, I think using AI to make stuff for funies is okayish, like no one can stop you, but trying to use it to replace actual art or music or writing is just... Dystopian. It's sad. Like, I do get that not everyone enjoys writing, but I find it calming and meditative. Yes, my writing is usually ass, at least until I've edited it a handful of times and even then the jury is still out on it being good quality, but it's a calming process. It's fun to take a vision out of your head and put it onto paper, or digital screen in my case. It allows you to really dive into the descriptions or thing about how charactors should act. Like I may have had a plan when I started writing but after getting into the skin of the charactors the story might change. And that is a rather nice thing, in my opinion. It let's you figure out your story in a more natural way.
Same thing with visual art. Like when I was really little, like a regtig wolf pup of a Fenris, I couldn't draw hands or faces. I could kinda draw gloves, but not hands. So, I gave all my charactors masks, to cover up their faces and as a result, I feel way more comfortable drawing masks, even after I learnt to draw faces. As for gloves, I'm still working on it.
But the point is, I think that the limits of a persons skill helps them creatively work around problems. Same with physical limitations. The entire artstyle of Cubism started because Paul Cézanne couldn't keep persepctive, or Monet helping bring about Impressionism because he couldn't see very well. Hell, even I have a more shaky style of line art because my wrist is very easily hurt and I need to be careful to not hurt it. I feel like there's too much of a focus on good looking art instead of making something in the first place. Like who gives a fuck if your fanart of Miku looks like shit, You made something for something you like. If Miku was able to see it, she would probably be proud of it.
I just feel like people who try to rely on AI art or music or writing don't understand that the creation is the important part. You create something. That is a part of your very soul. It's not about making a fantastic artwork that will hang in an art gallery next to the greats as much as it is about being a god of your own little realm. Just a little place where you can command every aspect. Who gives a fuck if in your world people wear masks the whole time, or if your worlds lines are sketchy? You created something. Could you improve it? Probably. But did you make it yourself? Fuck yeah. And nothing can take that away from you. Even if it's just a little stick man on a a5 piece of paper drawn in ballpoint pen, you made something.
Same with viewing art, or listening to music, or readin writting. I want to consume works made by people. I want to hear what the singer has to say, I want to see what the animator or painter wanted to show, I want to read the story the poet or writer wanted to make. I want to connect to that creator, to have it effect my view on the world, have it alter my style of writing or music or animation or art. I don't want to consume product and move on to next product. That's hollow. It feels empty and bleak and hollow. I won't mind if an artwork looks like shit if I can see that someone cared about it.
I don't know if it's because I'm used to the power cutting off, or the internet dying or just because I am used to drawing things myself, but I can't stand having to rely on a robot, or MLM to get my ideas down. I want to be the god of my realm. I want to be the one to decided every description, every line, every action. I might be a control freak, but it's freeing in a way. Reality is rough, cold and hard, but I command my realm. I made it. I can break it or build it up however and whenever I want. And maybe that's a bad thing on my side. I don't know. but I just feel like we forgot that art was meant to be a fun thing. We got rid of the damned art critics back with DADA, and now we're giving up on the ugly phase for fucking AI?! Why? How is it fun to create an artwork with AI. Yes, it's imediate, and by god, it likely looks better than anything I can do, but I want to draw. Not describe a drawing and wait like five minutes for some boring shit.
Like take this website for example. I coded it with my own two hands on a laptop that turns off when it is unpluged. Is it a good website? I wouldn't say so. Can I make it better? Sure. But I made it. I spend my time making it. I used time I could have spend on video games or art or any other hobby to make it and honestly, I'm proud I did. I learnt some things about coding. I created a place to rant for paragraph to paragraph. It's enriching to have something I can do for myself, not because I have to, but because I want to.