Honestly I think an argument could be made that some people only like gen AI because they think it’s cool, futuristic & don’t actually understand how it works. (This isn’t meant to be in reference to you btw, just rather addressing what I have personally seen)

Personally I’ve pretty much always been able to tell when something is AI generated. I’ve found that it triggers the uncanny valley sensation even before I look deeper & see all the signs of AI generation.

I think it’s my background in art makes it easier to tell, but who knows

Actually about your 2nd & 3rd points, a study from Bowling Green University has shown that people, even if they struggle to identify between AI & human made, felt more positively & had a preference for the human made works.

I think further studies will also confirm the same results.

Equating AI models being fed artists works to how real breathing people consume, experience & understand media (& the world around them) is illogical.

Whether AI could ever have such understanding or sentience is a whole other debate. But I think it be highly unethical to strive for such thing.

Except: AI does not have the ability or nuance to have such thought. There is no evidence that AI can think & feel as a human can.

When an artist or writer has ref and inspo sources there is almost always going to be nuance in how they are used & understood. Esp with more experienced creatives.

Yeah it’s a shame that the movie didn’t get more love - I enjoyed it especially with how much I liked the books

The art looks awesome!

**not to say you have to be an artist or creative to know when something is ai generated or not - just that Imo having an artistic background makes it A LOT easier to see the signs of ai

Hate to live in the timeline where not only artists lose jobs or opportunities, but also have to prove that they are, in fact, artists

Especially when so many people already don’t have the visual literacy that artists/creatives have in order to properly tell apart gen ai from actual human made art

I know there are tell-tale signs of gen ai & although specific anatomical mistakes are common in such images - they aren’t the only sign.

Unfortunately there is a lot of nuance in discerning ai that gets lost when people blindly accuse.

I wish gen ai just didn’t exist tbh

I’ve never been super active on social media, but what it has shown me in the short time I’ve had this account is how very little people know what is & isn’t gen ai - let alone how it works.

I’m sorry this happened to you, I know as an artist myself my biggest worry is being accused of such thing