#but im like

[inkskinned]

the rise of AI art isn't surprising to us. for our entire lives, the attitude towards our skills has always been - that's not a real thing. it has been consistently, repeatedly devalued.

people treat art - all forms of it - as if it could exist by accident, by rote. they don't understand how much art is in the world. someone designed your home. someone designed the sign inside of your local grocery store. when you quote a character or line from something in media, that's a line a real person wrote.

"i could do that." sure, but you didn't. there's this joke where a plumber comes over to a house and twists a single knob. charges the guy 10k. the guy, furious, asks how the hell the bill is so high. the plumber says - "turning the knob was a dollar. the knowledge is the rest of the money."

the trouble is that nobody believes artists have knowledge. that we actively study. that we work hard, beyond doing our scales and occasionally writing a poem. the trouble is that unless you are already framed in a museum or have a book on a shelf or some kind of product, you aren't really an artist. hell, because of where i post my work, i'll never be considered a poet.

the thing that makes you an artist is choice. the thing that makes all art is choice. AI art is the fetid belief that art is instead an equation. that it must answer a specific question. Even with machine learning, AI cannot make a choice the way we can - because the choices we make have always been personal, complicated. our skills cannot be confined to "prompt and execution." what we are "solving" isn't just a system of numbers - it is how we process our entire existence. it isn't just "2 and 2 is 4", it's staring hard at the numbers and making the four into an alligator. it's rearranging the letters to say ow and it is the ugly drawing we make in the margin.

at some point, you will be able to write something by feeding my work into a machine. it will be perfectly legible and even might sound like me. but a machine doesn't understand why i do these things. it can be taught preferences, habits, statistical probability. it doesn't know why certain vowels sound good to me. it doesn't know the private rules i keep. it doesn't know how to keep evolving.

"but i want something to exist that doesn't exist yet." great. i'm glad you feel creative. go ahead and pay a fucking artist for it.

this is all saying something we all already knew. the sad fucking truth: we have to die to remind you. only when we're gone do we suddenly finally fucking mean something to you. artists are not replicable. we each genuinely have a skill, talent, and process that makes us unique. and there's actual quiet power in everything we do.

#also pay plumbers more. and electricians. and other devalued occupations #idk that this makes sense #but im like #people being so fucking pleased with themselves about the fact they can ''fake'' art #n im like #sure #but what if we stop making things for you huh #what if we stop giving u this stuff anymore #what happens to ur ai art? does it keep growing? does it keep making choices? #why do u need to see us as machines? #''i want X to exist but i don't have the skill to do it'' #okay spend literally years of your life studying #''i don't want to do that'' #okay pay someone who DID do that #''no i don't think it's a real skill'' #okay so. YOU can't do it. and a LOT of people can't do it. but you think WE should be able to? #FOR FREE? #either it has value or it dont baby make up ur OWN mind #btw studying here is not used academically. i think if ur like. constantly knitting. #thats studying #do u spend hours reading and find urself taking notes and learning about writing #ur studying #do you follow other artists and spend a lot of your time trying new things (even unsuccessfully) #that's also studying #etc #was weird to write this thing about choices and then be like. wait why DO i like that

[huntificer]

First post hi i am normal about rainworld have gay scugs

#rainworld #rain world #rw artificer #rw hunter #artihunter #i am very shy with posting art but but…. slugkitties…. #also love how all interpretations of arti shes like skin and bones #but im like #nope. fluffy beast.

[ahiijny]

depressties

#kyo kaneko #enna alouette #my art #doodles #from the quiz stream today where kyo talked about where he finds receiving gifts stressful #and somehow a pen became the example lol #lowkey i can kinda relate tho #but im like #i really happily receive gifts #but i stress a lot about giving gifts

[ryemackerel]

sometimes i get so scared to talk to people that look so cool but when i actually talk to them and get comfortable with them i realize “oh wait theyre silly like me” LIKE

sometimes i judge how people are based on how sick their art looks or how sick *THEY* look and. and then you get to know them and theyre just as sillycoded as you

omg

#AND SOMETIMES PEOPLE ARE SCARED OF ME TOO #BUT ITS OKAY GRHAHAHAHH I DONT MIND BEING MESSAGED OR TALKED TO #like people say omg ryan you are so cool im scared of you #BUT IM LIKE #NO NOOO ITS OKAY IM SO FLATTERED YOU THINK IM COOL BUT IM NOT SCARY BWHAHAA #IM ACTUALLY VERY SILLY CODED #okay ill stop hee hee #ryan shitting n rambling!

[smash-or-pass-pokemon]

just finished queuing some items and glitch pokemon, hope you heathens are happy

#i haven't done all the items #im starting with like pokeballs that were in gen one and potions #but im like #posting several a day so its getting tedious so ill queue more closer to deadlines hahaha

[curiosity-killed]

I may be slightly in love with my physical therapist

#my feet??? are the same size??????? for the first time ever????? #I didn’t even know this was a thing that could be changed????? #personal #also my hip feels SO much better than it did walking in #like these are short term effects and she was like #do NOT jump the gun we have more work to do #but im like #vibrating with excitement #like my usual pain levels have been so much better in recent years than in high school/early college #but now im like 👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️👁️ pain FREE??? #unlikely but perhaps possible!!!

[4pplec0re]

he would absolutely fucking say that

#royale high #digital art #I was a little nervous about posting this #because i was scared of them ending up being different ages #since rh hasn’t been clear about the guard ages until glitterfrost dialogue #but im like #100% sure they’re both adults. I’d be shocked if they weren’t. i was just a little anxious. #if you can’t tell this is edward (left) and taj (right) #!!!!! enjoy #al's doodles

[alien-onyx]

if im going to babygirlify a hat-boots-cape-coat-gloves man with black hair that nobody else likes, i figured i should start with erik.

#erik ahlberg hilda #erik ahlberg fanart #erik ahlberg #hilda netflix #hilda the series #im not back to having erik brainworms #but im like #i should have done this sooooo much sooner and nobody else will so now i have to

[gildeddlily]

this man

he's gonna become my new personality

from now on my life has as a purpose to make every day a day full of prayer for this man

#sigma bsd #sigma bungou stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #baby giiiirl #new person #new perspective #my life has changed #but im like #in love #this man is now my life

[barnbridges]

i know im old and am doing something wrong when some bitch i have on facebook got to to the moldovan government lmao

#im sorry maybe its the eastern european tendency to be jealous of other people #but im like #THAT BITCH??? #aint no fucking way this bitch getting anything done fghjk

[ace-and-ranty]

I mean. Im gonna say it. I am side eyeing a little bit people who are acting like Hopper's death was uniquely, unexcusably cruel, after what has happened this whole season with the damane.

Yes, Hopper's death was incredibly upseting. So was everything that happened with Egwene? And Ryma and Basam? Hopper's death is extremely "show typical" levels of violence, what in the world makes it so much more horrible?

#not gonna tag it obvs #but Im like #Really? Hopper's death is the most awful thing in the show for you? #Not Egwene being tortured to a breaking point? okay

[xhanisai]

what is it with these weird americans claiming that racism is no longer a thing just because where they live is somewhat regulated or whatever and all that bullshit????

#delete later #long story short i came across this youtube video that was recommended to me #it was a black queer man and I thought he was going to just discuss about the rise of rampant hate against white people in america #and i was like okay let's watch this cos I too believe no one should face any discrimination for who and what they are and that education o #the past is very good #but then he would go on about statistics in America and say that the black community themselves are getting into these unfortunate situatio #s #and the world is much better now compared to decades ago and that they should be lucky at the way we live now because it isn't like back th #n #but im like #sure these dumbass tiktokkers say stupid shit #BUT #even now in the uk almost every POC including myself have experienced discrimination and racism #including black people #and ive seen horrible things said and done to black people and others in America online through videos and etc #like wtf man are YOU BLIND #the world we live in right now is doing the bare minimum and we all should aspire for a better world!!! #insulting all white people in your life isn't the way to the top I know that and that's completely understandable it's hella childish and n #sty #i dunno man this video really pissed me off and I didn't finish it #one of the example videos he also showed was a black man expressing his feelings on what he thinks about non black people using the N word #even in a song #i personally believe no one should use the word at all #but the youtuber was brushing off his feelings and saying it's just a word in a song and I was just #done with it #he was clearly pandering to the people who always scream about how they hate woke culture #so why was i surprised #anyways rant over

[all444miles]

CAN WE BE MUTUALS PLEASE <3

sorry, can i just

AHH OH MY GOLLY GOSH GAWWSSSH OFC WE CAN POOKIE WATCHU MEANNNNN 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

can i also say that ur myles (the one where the reader has a crush on miles n myles practices with the reader AND YKWKWKJKKDW) HAD ME LIKE...

GIGGLING N CRYING LIKE A BITCH. LIKE, I SOUNDED LIKE A PSYCHO BC I WAS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

(warning: me fangirling in tags)

#— 🍦: 𝐑𝐔𝐕𝐈𝐄’𝐒 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐓𝐒 ! #anyways #uh #YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS #MWAH MWAH WAH MWAH #<3 #lemme like #stop #but im like #a fan #if i havent followed u already #SORRRYYY I ALWAYS FORGET TO FOLLOW PPL #but like #SQUEALS #no lemme stop. #why am i fangirling #and kicking my feet #this is acc silly #LEMME STOPPPPPPPPP

[duck-in-a-thrift-store]

Man istg if another person tells me I should just work out when I'm trying to talk to them about dysphoria-

First it was my ex bf, then it was my roommate, and I'm like good for yall that you're motivated to exercise and are able to commit to making that a habit and all, but slimming down a little bit or building muscle is not the same thing as chopping my tits off

#trans things #gender dysphoria #duck's thoughts #youre not getting it #you dont understand #i dont care that much about having a little pudge on my belly #or not being super fit and muscular #i just want a flat chest bro #and i *have* tried exercising #but im like #incapable of forming healthy/positive habits #audhd moment #i can only form bad or self destructive habits and once i do #boy im stuck

[tunorb]

Olay but hob gadling's "Deaths a mug's game, I've got so much to live for" irrevocably changed my brain chemistry for the better

#im not kidding #the depresso is ass #but im like #nah bro deaths a mugs game #ive got so much to live for #in a silly little accent #helps ngl #lmfao #hob gadling #the sandman

[wouldvebeensweet]

guys i lost my glasses last year and still haven't found them

#i need to make an eye doctor apt anyway #but im like #what if i make the apt then find them! #fsdhjfksdjhf