Well, I completely disagree with you Fergus. AI art is not art at all.
To an extent it is not, sort of like evolution by natural selection is not design, yet both get results. I approach the creation of AI art like evolution. I have an idea of what I want, and I use AI art as a tool to produce the kind of image I want to create. If it doesn't give me what I want right away, then I try again, sometimes changing the text prompt, or the model, or the source image I give it to tell it what to draw, or other parameters. Evolution by natural selection gets results, because despite the randomness of mutation, it applies a strict selection process to the mutations that get passed on and those that don't. Like mutation, the results of AI art are not entirely in my control. But like natural selection, I apply a strict selection process to what I get. And unlike natural selection, I actually have creative visions behind what I'm doing. So, while it is not the traditional creative process of an artist exercising total control, it is a creative process in which I do exercise control. Besides making images of Chess variant pieces, I have used AI art to produce album covers for playlists I have made featuring covers of tracks from particular albums. On my Pinterest board for My Spotify Playlists, I made every cover except the two collage covers with AI art.
To an extent it is not, sort of like evolution by natural selection is not design, yet both get results. I approach the creation of AI art like evolution. I have an idea of what I want, and I use AI art as a tool to produce the kind of image I want to create. If it doesn't give me what I want right away, then I try again, sometimes changing the text prompt, or the model, or the source image I give it to tell it what to draw, or other parameters. Evolution by natural selection gets results, because despite the randomness of mutation, it applies a strict selection process to the mutations that get passed on and those that don't. Like mutation, the results of AI art are not entirely in my control. But like natural selection, I apply a strict selection process to what I get. And unlike natural selection, I actually have creative visions behind what I'm doing. So, while it is not the traditional creative process of an artist exercising total control, it is a creative process in which I do exercise control. Besides making images of Chess variant pieces, I have used AI art to produce album covers for playlists I have made featuring covers of tracks from particular albums. On my Pinterest board for My Spotify Playlists, I made every cover except the two collage covers with AI art.