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Comment by norwalkbear | Hacker News Reader

This is because of the AI plugin isn't it. Between this and Krita, a lot of artists want to "fight" back any way they can.

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What's the context on this? Because what shows up in a quick search is from March[1], so this seems rather ... late? I see no particular reason/timing why it should be about that.

[1]: https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/3/23623473/blender-stable-di...

The Krita plugin + some AI animation of some anime pushed some artists communities over the edge. You probably won't see it on the public Internet but discord, twitter, art subreddits, etc

I see a lot of anger about krita getting a stable diffusion plugin, a choice quote here:

> Oh yes let's encourage people to download an app made by artists, for artists, not learn how to draw, and instead use a program that steals from artists, while using an art app.

Presumably the same issue is going on with blender? The Reddit thread on the site being down is mostly comments on “lol autodesk/adobe/etc must hate how good blender 4.0 is”.

I think you mean "artists". If they were really artists they wouldn't be afraid of AI.

No most real artists still enjoy having a job and the actual process of painting.

Like singers against phonographs:

https://recordinghistory.org/the-history-of-sound-recording/...

Technology marches on and menial jobs get obsoleted. That’s just the way it is, even if you enjoy being a ropemaker, basket weaver, keypunch operator or, in this case, an illustrator.

Maybe them real artists are angry you can nowadays tell the computer how shiny something is and where to put the light and it will do all the rendering for you?

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