Art Isn't a Slog

I had a tattoo client ask if I ever used AI to design tattoos for me. Man I spent the better part of a decade doing shitty bit work as a graphic designer and now that I have the space to do whatever I want, I'm gonna let the computer generate random garbage for me? What next should I have a computer that eats my dinner and fucks my wife? I feel like people get so hung up on the results of a thing that they don't appreciate that the process of making it is, actually, enjoyable. It's like if you have a friend who likes to bake, asking if they'd like to just buy cupcakes from the store instead of making them. The end result of the cupcake is secondary to the joy you get from having made cupcakes. Art isn't a slog or a chore or something I want to avoid. Art is fun. It's rewarding. It feels good to do it. You may as well be asking me if I want the AI to watch television for me, it doesn't make any sense, I'm not participating and would gain nothing from it.

A Tumblr-style text post argues against using AI to generate art, comparing the creative process to baking cupcakes. The punchline uses absurd escalation—having a computer eat dinner and have sex with the writer’s wife—to mock the idea that outsourcing enjoyable activities is automatically better. It is shared as a reaction against AI art and in defense of making things by hand. EN: A Tumblr-style text post argues against using AI to generate art, comparing the creative process to baking cupcakes. The punchline uses absurd escalation—having a computer eat dinner and have sex with the writer’s wife—to mock the idea that outsourcing enjoyable activities is automatically better. It is shared as a reaction against AI art and in defense of making things by hand.

• @gentoomemes / 11582 2024-05-30