Art is already accessible to the masses. It was accessible to cavemen. It’s called picking up a pencil, rock, mud, paper, paint, macaroni, feathers, literally anything in your world and making something of it. Everyone has the ability to be an artist. What the AI bros are complaining about is that they want an easy and instant way to replace years and lifetimes of perfecting one’s craft, while piggybacking off of and stealing said labor to profit from it.
My brother in Christ, if I steal all of your writings and art when you’re not looking, chop them up, eat them, and shit them out, they are still your creations-- just now covered in shit, garbled up, and without your original thoughts and intentions put behind them. If I then sell the pile of shit to someone, I am profiting from your labor.
I would be less inclined to hate this if I got some form of royalty or even some form of compensation for the hours and hours I’ve spent planning, creating, editing, and studying to make my things.
If two consenting adult intelligence feral or monster characters are banging, I don’t see the problem. It’s weird if it’s a human and one. Extra weird if they’re juveniles. I find the argument over furries having too many animal characteristics a little dumb as they’re animals with human traits… Some walk upright, some wear clothes, others only shirts, some are more animal-like and others are more human-like.
Simba, Robin Hood, Judy Hopps, Balto, Pinkie Pie, and the Wolf from Shrek are all furries. Some act more like wild animals. Some act more like humans with clothes and jobs. Some only wear clothes sometimes. All of them are enculturated adults and can consent with other like creatures.
I’ve lately seen people nitpicking these details, and at this point, it seems some people won’t be pleased with NSFW furry art unless there are no animal characteristics whatsoever. So then it would be art of humans and not furries at all.
I’m picturing that one day people will need guides on how to “jailbreak” their own brains, because they want the be able to live without the constant advertising and recording. Their brains no longer belong to them but the companies
What a sweet little girl 💓
I had used Reddit for probably 11-12+ years. Which is why the slow death of the site was so sad. It was one of my favorite places on the net
As someone who has been obsessed with learning about art, technology, and business my entire life, your attitude reflects the dollar-seeking and exploitative behaviors in upper corporate America I have seen and dealt with many times. It’s one of the reasons why I left it.
It’s not hard to be an artist. Every human being with the ability to express themselves in some way is an artist. You are cheaply wanting to skip the steps of either developing your own skills or hiring someone else to create art for you. You are contributing to a world where artists are learning that they should not openly share their creations because it’ll be taken from them, ripped into pieces, and used for profit while they get nothing. These discussions are happening right now.