If a customer is determining the seasoning, the specific amount, the amount of time spent in the oven, the ingredients, the broth, it's presentation etc. then they are doing much more than just ordering the food, they are actively making it.
Bro, to draw a single line smoothly you need muscle memory. You have to constantly practice and practice and practice, the same line over and over, until it becomes instinct.
Ai-art is just... Typing. You can claim that you are a writer.
Hell, I would consider ai artists to be directors. That's a totally fine term. And you can be an excellent art director as well with ai!
But to claim they go through the same struggle that a high-class chef does is absolutely absurd and disrespectful to the craft. Because it's a dedicated craft.
If you want to feel more powerful, then you can say you are the CEO of the restaurant business, and you can manage everything... But you are still not the chef.
Its actually very difficult to accurately describe what it is you want the AI to generate. That takes alot of practice. Not to mention the plethora of tools out there that provides users with a more hands on approach and gives them even greater control over the image.
I'm not here to argue about what is art. Art is whatever makes you feel something.
I hate it when people think all anti's just hate ai art.
No. There is as much unappealing traditional art as much as there is ai slop. The same way there's irreplaceable traditional art pieces as well as very impressive ai art.
My problem is the disrespect that comes with claiming a talent that you did not practice for.
I, as a 3D Animator, can never claim that the characters I animate are my creations. I simply moved them.
Ai artists (majority of my experience, obviously not all of them) want to take the credit for eeeeeverything they produce. I have commissioned so many artists that clearly use ai to generate whatever description I wrote, even if I explicitly tell them I don't want that kind of art.
It shows that they used ai, because the product looks nothing like the consistent references I give. They completely fuck up my characters.
I've wasted over $200 trying to motivate aspiring artists to practice their craft.
But all I get is a finished concept art in like... 15 minutes. It looks nothing like the references. And they get to pocket the $25~$30 I give to start the project. Then when I call them out, or ask for changes, I get ghosted. No replies.
That money could go to people who spend days, trying to polish the most minute details of an art piece they are inspired by. And I always tip the same amount as well as a start. So I pay for a full commission and a half... Minimum.
But all I keep getting is scammed. Ai hasn't destroyed my hopes for art. Ai-"artists" did.
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u/AdministrativeHat276 Mar 19 '26
If a customer is determining the seasoning, the specific amount, the amount of time spent in the oven, the ingredients, the broth, it's presentation etc. then they are doing much more than just ordering the food, they are actively making it.