Does nobody take joy in creating something themselves anymore? Everything has become about the end result, and it's a shame. I'm not sure what we're loosing, but it's something
Microsoft has long had a 'vote for features' thing on their support forums [0]. I can guarantee that not one person has ever said that MS Paint needed an AI makeover.
I want to create a game, but I have no interest in creating art and models, much less programming physics, netcode, abilities, etc
I'd prefer to create the games rules, mechanics and interactions (aka, the actual game experience). But I am forced to do the above because the gaming industry is lagging behind in DX it barely changed in the last 10 years
Every "art" has many sub-processes that are themselves art. Making paint, brushes, canvas, etc. But does anyone complain about artists not taking joy in creating their own paint after foraging for some rare purple spitting slime?
If you view one art form as a tool for your art, so be it
They wanted to express themselves in the output that the AI was giving them all their lives
I don’t think it’s that complicated, if you want to express yourself a certain way, manually, you still can. Now more people, including professionals, can express themselves the way they wanted
But also, I used to do midjourney, and I know art history quite well, and mixing my knowledge with midjourney, I created really good and original stuff, because I knew how to write the prompts.
Instead, I feel that with OpenAi, image creation is really crippled by copyright. But I also generated cute and interesting stuff - but it does look made by AI.