On the contrary, it exposed that the closest thing we have to this is just rich people trying to go back to feudalism before too many people catch on that aristocrats are merely authoritative parasites, and force them into their luxury bunkers
American courts ARE a cartoon, and their role is Wile E. Coyote, whereas the Roadrunner is played by the 1%.
“Ooh, almost got him! Maybe next time.”
AI images may may or may not be art, but it will never be YOUR art, any more than the art of artists I employ is my art. It just isn’t.
However, I think any AI argument that doesn’t mention capitalism as a factor is incapably reductive. As other commenters indicate, even very physically restricted individuals can and will create art.
Because they often have the means that many under capitalism do not: they often have time because they aren’t under full time employment. They have extra mental energy, the “spoons”.
Once again, the issue is ultimately a deflection from systemic issues that the upper class insist they aren’t intentionally worsening 🫠
All our elevators are garbage because the children refuse to mine straight up or down
Had you fooled for a while though, didn’t we? 👉😉👉
I think the show Arcane is one of the best examples of commercially released art in recent decades; interestingly, what happened is people actually accused it of using AI where there was none. Also Variety et al did a whole round of balking that anyone would invest in something so frivolous as serious animation for adults
There’s always gonna be Capitalists who try and commodify art, but fundamentally humans are the the only ones who can make NEW insights that resonate with people RIGHT NOW. If AI IS ever able to observe the world and reflect on it and offer something new, in the way humans are, it would still be from their own perspective, not ours.
In the lore for the game VALORANT they use these to steal radianite from parallel universes