And these tools ended up aiding artists rather than replacing them and these tools still require human competency and creativity to use. I don’t type “make me picture of trump of trump as a sith lord” and some ugly collage of stolen artwork gets spit out without any human interaction or intention. Instead I have to actually make that or figure out how to make it work as a collage.
When these programs were new, “real” artists viewed them in the same way that AI is viewed now.
And these tools ended up aiding artists rather than replacing them and these tools still require human competency and creativity to use. I don’t type “make me picture of trump of trump as a sith lord” and some ugly collage of stolen artwork gets spit out without any human interaction or intention. Instead I have to actually make that or figure out how to make it work as a collage.