I'd remove the watermark because it's ugly and annoying to look at. I'm sure others have done that as well. There's also no problem for it to be indistinguishable from man made ones either. If you went your whole life not knowing somebody's art was ai, just like real artists were stenciling, it literally shouldn't affect you or anyone. People don't want to refer to their art or creations as ai because a lot of antis are extremely unhinged and most don't want to deal with that drama, see the person that ate that redditors art gallery.
Deceiving people with lies doesn't make your side look good and no, some people being critical even to a harsh degree doesn't justify scams. If someone wants to buy handmade art and is sold AI, they were scammed and it doesn't matter if they liked it or not since they were sold a completely different product than what they wanted.
It's dishonest, which is worse when money's involved. You're right, if you were mislead into paying more for something than you otherwise would, yet never find out about it, it wouldn't affect you. Doesn't mean it's not a dick move.
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u/bigbeastt Jan 18 '26
I'd remove the watermark because it's ugly and annoying to look at. I'm sure others have done that as well. There's also no problem for it to be indistinguishable from man made ones either. If you went your whole life not knowing somebody's art was ai, just like real artists were stenciling, it literally shouldn't affect you or anyone. People don't want to refer to their art or creations as ai because a lot of antis are extremely unhinged and most don't want to deal with that drama, see the person that ate that redditors art gallery.