Lime Bar @limebar@mastodon.social
I am a little shocked at the lack of solidarity I see between artists working in different mediums wrt genAI.
Musicians who would never use it to make music use it to make cover art
Graphic artists reach for it to make music over their videos
Writers use it to illustrate their articles
And, considering software development an art, many use it to create web sites or apps to host their art.
None of this is necessary. All of this is harmful to the other artists.
Collaborate ffs.
Stop it.
Aug 09, 2026, 12:17 AM
That is absolutely not true
Self-interest is part of the equation, but every conversation I’ve had with fellow artists regarding genAI included some manner of concern over what we do with Art as a society, the intentionality and the economics of it.
I protest genAI because what it produces picture-wise is meaningless, largely uncontrollable and ultimately an amalgamation of the training data it’s been fed.
The consequences of unchecked genAI usage are difficult to formulate because they cross many boundaries. GPS usage hurts spatial reasoning in people that rely on it exclusively, their ability to read a map.
We must question ourselves on what parts of the human mind are impacted by the existence of a tool that precludes the need to draw, represent, or even imagine something.