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<blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9309591" data-attributes="member: 86653"><p>In publishing, there’s a job called ghostwriter. This person is given an idea or a topic by a publishing house (usually on behalf of a celebrity), and the ghostwriter goes off and actually does the work of writing the book. When they’re done writing the book they’re paid and generally under an NDA to not discuss the fact that they wrote the book rather than whatever celebrity whose name will grace the cover. They get no credit but they did all the work. </p><p></p><p>When dealing with “AI” art, the program is the ghostwriter. The program did all the work. Not the person who handed them the contract nor the celebrity. In the same way the celebrity is not a writer because they didn’t actually write the book, the prompt writer is not an artist because they didn’t actually make the art. </p><p></p><p>Tools do not do the job for you. They help you do the job. An oven is a tool that helps you cook a meal just like a paintbrush is a tool that helps you paint. Telling someone what to cook for you does not make you a chef. Telling someone what to paint does not make you an artist. Typing what to paint into a text box sure as hell doesn’t make you an artist. </p><p></p><p>I get in our culture doing zero work while getting all the credit is a dream for some people, but come on.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="overgeeked, post: 9309591, member: 86653"] In publishing, there’s a job called ghostwriter. This person is given an idea or a topic by a publishing house (usually on behalf of a celebrity), and the ghostwriter goes off and actually does the work of writing the book. When they’re done writing the book they’re paid and generally under an NDA to not discuss the fact that they wrote the book rather than whatever celebrity whose name will grace the cover. They get no credit but they did all the work. When dealing with “AI” art, the program is the ghostwriter. The program did all the work. Not the person who handed them the contract nor the celebrity. In the same way the celebrity is not a writer because they didn’t actually write the book, the prompt writer is not an artist because they didn’t actually make the art. Tools do not do the job for you. They help you do the job. An oven is a tool that helps you cook a meal just like a paintbrush is a tool that helps you paint. Telling someone what to cook for you does not make you a chef. Telling someone what to paint does not make you an artist. Typing what to paint into a text box sure as hell doesn’t make you an artist. I get in our culture doing zero work while getting all the credit is a dream for some people, but come on. [/QUOTE]
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