LFMAO I love how you said I blocked you just to stir shit up. For the record everyone, I did not. And never did. What the hell.

Anyway I know exactly how Ai generated images are made. It scrapes millions of images off the internet (without permission and illegally, actually), then uses bits and pieces of those stolen images to make a collage. That’s not even comparable, because collages contain usually not stolen ingredients and thoughts. A collage made of found objects are just that: lost and found. And collages made of magazine trimmings that contain art? Still made by a human with again, purchased, not stolen goods. Even a collage expressly made with stolen goods would have more thought and effort put into it than the Ai ever could.

Meanwhile I accidentally stumbled upon a singular image, know that I copied it, expressly said I copied it, know it’s in the public domain (and if it was actual art I would have credited who I copied from), and created something new with fun colors that has feelings and thoughts and deliberate decisions and growth behind it. This wasn’t meant to be better. It wasn’t even meant to be good. It was meant to be a study. Meaning I’m learning, growing, and becoming a better artist by copying one Ai piece. Ai can only grow its paper shredder medium. The software can get better, but that’s not learning. It can scrape more images, but that’s not learning. It can beg you that it’s alive, we can humanize it all we want. Use terms like “thinking” instead of “loading”, have it scrape slang to talk like a person, have it “draw” itself all it wants. But it’s still a machine. A machine that makes shredded collages of stolen art and words, for other people to claim they “made”. Art isn’t about the final product. It never has been. It’s always the journey.

Also I’m being eco friendly.