Pretty unenforceable and abusive-prone rules. A lot of work is hard to attribute or doesn't require attribution (will I get banned if I post the Gioconda without attributing it to the artist?) and a blanket ban on (pure) "AI" content irregarless of harm and intent is silly, hard to enforce and, honestly, pretty exclusionary.
I remember my drawing teacher, who makes incredible acrylic paintings. Acrylic is much easier to use than oil and was shunned by her teachers, who said it wasn't proper art.
I can't shake my sense that the backlash against #AIArt is just the latest manifestation of these gatekeepy attitudes. I know it's not about artists getting payed, because they also lash against artists getting payed if they use or are accused of using #AI.
@BeAware@eliocamp The Photoshop example 100%, it will pass eventually but I expected better of Mastodon. At least mastodon.social isn't the only instance out there, only the biggest one.
@BeAware@eliocamp well I can imagine people who post exclusively AI art on a not exclusively AI based instance will probably be fine. Instances where AI is the focus (like mine) will probably just get defederated entirely 😭
@BeAware@eliocamp but honestly I left IG with a good sized following with no regrets, and felt a lot happier in a smaller bubble and I'm sure I will again. I've gotten reported a ton of times by people on mastodon.social for "stealing real art"
@pixelworld_ai@eliocamp same, I've been defederated a few times and have gotten more than my fair share of insults for having a creative mind with limited skills.
This exactly. Probably every single new technology applied to art has been rejected at first. Also probably photography (I'm not an art historian, although I dated one). And different art styles, like street art, graffiti. Or non-hegemonic music forms; I remember people complaining about cumbia villera (myself included, mea culpa).
The history of #art is so full of gatekeeping and it's sad to see the same attitude even today from people who should know better.