WotC Would you buy WotC products produced or enhanced with AI?

[The Firebird]

...it's a learned craft. You do know that, right? Anyone can learn to make a table, but we pay for the work and expertise. Especially when we want it to be something that requires the expertise part.

Indeed, that was the point of Jfd's post.

 

[nyvinter]

No, I read their point to be that AI art is the came as a learned craft and the naughty word it is.

 

[The Firebird]

No, I read their point to be that AI art is the came as a learned craft and the naughty word it is.

Only in the way that building a table from IKEA makes me a master carpenter. But sometimes you just want a table.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

Indeed, that was the point of Jfd's post.

Indeed.

But sometimes you just want a table.

Most of the time, I guess (or maybe all the time for most people?). If not, the market for carpenter-made furniture would be much larger than what it is currently (roughly 10% in value, and they tend to be more expensive, so probably even less in volume).

 

[Incenjucar]

AI being unethically sourced, AI being bad for artists, AI being bad for art as a cultural element, and AI being bad for demotivating people from personal growth are certainly all related, but the topics do become over-jumbled.

I feel there would be a lot more nuance available if the core of it wasn't through works used without consent and for a profit.

 

[Jfdlsjfd]

and for a profit.

This isn't inherent to AI, though. In the realm of generative images, while it is true that ChatGPT is one the most powerful solutions because of its interface, open source LLM that you can get and run for free on your own computer are as good or even better depending on what you want to draw. I havent paid anything for the character portraits or illustrations of campaign journal I mentionned earlier.

 

[Faolyn]

By the time I get to 30-60 (sixty!) minutes where I've got some actual peace?

I'm ready for the sweet caress of oblivion to take me and go to sleep.

Then 10-15 minutes.

And as I said earlier, there's lots of different art styles out there and they're all valid.

 

[Faolyn]

Have you ever used a calculator?

My calculator doesn't steal its answers from other people's work.

 

[CleverNickName]

But sometimes you just want a table.

And some folks just want all the tables, for free.

 

[Incenjucar]

This isn't inherent to AI, though. In the realm of generative images, while it is true that ChatGPT is one the most powerful solutions because of its interface, open source LLM that you can get and run for free on your own computer are as good or even better depending on what you want to draw. I havent paid anything for the character portraits or illustrations of campaign journal I mentionned earlier.

Fair. The specs needed to run locally have proven to be low enough that a gaming PC is more than enough.