by MisterTea
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- > Dwyer claims Granger’s act was akin to slashing someone’s tires to protest the oil industry.
Granger's protest was properly executed as you slash the tires of the oil trucks and oil execs - you strike the people peddling what you are protesting. So of course Dwyer is trying to downplay the significance.
by krustyburger
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- “No, I didn't know about the exhibit before that day. And then I saw the Al piece and it was just—as an artist myself, it was insulting to see something of such little effort alongside all these beautiful pieces in the gallery. It shouldn't be acceptable for this "art," if you will, to be put alongside these real great pieces.”
What an impulsive fellow.
- Really goes to say something about starving artists
by flufluflufluffy
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- I tried reading the article but after the third time the page’s scroll state reset on its own due to all the dynamic ads/popups/notices, I had to give up.
- Finally, a proper example of direct action.
- CW: Do you use AI for anything?
GG: I don’t really use it period. I miss the Wikipedia blurbs being at the top of webpages. If I’m looking up a simple math fact that I don’t know—like what the weight of something is—I’ll look at the AI summary, but I never, almost never, hit the expand button.
- "No officers, I don't know where the AI art exhibit went"
Suspiciously AI art exhibit shaped belly:
- Its exactly this kind of stunt being called "art" that has devalued the word out of any positive connotations.
- So the artist is following through with pressing charges? Instead of just hitting ctrl+p and reprinting his art? Seems like an opportunity to give someone a break who might need one.
- To eat AI art is human. But to digest it, is divine
by t1205-1227
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- People used to get arrested for infringing copyright, now they get arrested (or murdered, see below) for defending it.
And the thieves sit in Davos, together with representatives of a party that wants to steal IP, Greenland, Venezuela and many other things.
And the press appeases the thieves instead of asking about the murder of Suchir Balaji.
- > Meet the Alaska Student Arrested for Eating an AI Art Exhibit
I'm more interested in an AI Art Exhibit eating a Student
by prmoustache
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- Eating polaroid pictures can't be good for your health.
- I find that people who are the most opposed to diffusion models are usually the most ignorant about the technology. AI art doesn't begin and end with Midjourney and OpenAI. If you don't know what a controlnet, comfyui node, lcm, or lora is, then I'm not sure you really have anything valuable to lend to the conversation. There's a massive world of tools and techniques out there, and I just cannot fathom why people can't be bothered to look beyond the most readily available knowledge and be so insistent in their moral correctness.
- Slightly tangential:
> He initially wanted to press charges because Granger’s act “violates the sanctity of the gallery,” but changed his mind
> Left: Graham Granger after his arraignment outside the court building
I was beginning to think "pressing charges" was a myth (popularised by TV shows like Law & Order) and this article didn't exactly change my mind about that.
Do US state attorneys actually give two shits about what the victim wants? Is it someone's job to read an email inbox and systematically approve/reject citizens' pressed charges? Do they even pretend to?
by kittikitti
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- The worst part of these modern age Luddites is that they feel morally superior. I appreciate AI art so this sounds extreme. I blame the media for farming hate content and then feeding it to vulnerable people who think they're informed enough to justify violence and vandalism.
When the color printer was mass produced, you could print the Mona Lisa and artists had similar protests. Arguably, this started the entire abstract and surrealist movement where things like a urinal became art simply because you couldn't print it out.
I don't want art to be about how much someone suffered to make it. However, part of my appreciation is the artist, and AI art is lower on my appreciation than hand created paintings. I think the solution is to increase awareness of art appreciation instead of empowering ignorant and violent demonstrations.
Is AI art really a threat? Is it really like a nuclear bomb? I don't think so, and the only people benefitting from this are the gatekeepers who will inevitably sell the solution to whatever the public thinks is ethical AI.
by zoklet-enjoyer
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- A performance artist criticizing an AI artist for low effort. Hmm
by aaronbrethorst
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- Next he should go eat Sherrie Levine photographs. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/267214
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