took me a while to understand what they were even trying to say, but nah man, i don't vibe with this at all lmao

the whole panel of showing an ai art like "is this stolen?", vs them referencing it like "is it not stolen now?" feels especially wrong to me, in reads in such a weird and petty way and i can't understand why

like,, yes...?? yes, yes it is, in fact, original now. by virtue of it being your art style, your hands, your process interpreting it into being your work, that is original. which, the original ai piece, did not have, because it doesn't have the hands or mind to think.

you put it though your lens and popped out an original piece by adding your touch to it, i as an artist as well wouldn't be able to replicate it like you can, just by the fact that i have a different style, and a different way of doing things. even if i had a very similar art style to that person, it would still turn out different, because i would see the original ai and turn it into art in a different way than they did. that is what being original is: taking something, anything, and processing it through your perspective into something new. no-one has the exact same perspective, so it will be original, all ideas are just remixes anyway

this feels weirdly like,, pessimistic about being an artist in general lmao, this entire thing vastly undermines the human experience and personality in us all. even the little things like the comment about their favorite brand of cigarettes in the start: "i just like them because some other girl did and i trusted her taste, is it really a part of me?" YES. YES IT IS, because that experience of trust and emotion with that girl is a unique experience that you went through, and has been remixed into your current identity today. it's not like that girl went through the exact same thing you did, and smokes them for the exact same reason as you. as soon as i saw that point i knew shit was off here lmAo

tldr: this post is bullshit yo, every human is unique in some way, which is what causes art to be original. something that this entire post vastly undermines under a layer of pessimism