Ocean Dweller
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Hobby Lobby caught selling A.I. art? Do you care?
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Does anyone care?
It's just a race to the bottom for AI Slop, this is the business goal, why license art from artists when you can get a department to dump a load of AI slop instead and sell that for a fraction of the cost to produce? This is cheap house tat though, don't be expecting them to want to be good, give them your $19.99 and be happy with you AI seal art to hang over your couch.
Codes 208
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Its not just them, walmart and target are selling ai art on their cookie pans and other random shit.
I know a lot of people here wont care (plenty of gaffers here use ai art in their posts) but as a traditional artist myself, it does bug me when big companies go the cheapest and laziest possible route than to pay someone to make it for them.
(Some of my fellow artist friends are receiving less commissions since some of their clients switched to ai art)
I know a lot of people here wont care (plenty of gaffers here use ai art in their posts) but as a traditional artist myself, it does bug me when big companies go the cheapest and laziest possible route than to pay someone to make it for them.
(Some of my fellow artist friends are receiving less commissions since some of their clients switched to ai art)
I collect VHS tapes
Member
that’s Dali
poppabk
Cheeks Spread for Digital Only Future
All this kind of stuff is bottom of the barrel stuff whether AI is involved or not.
They are just as likely to have prints from artists whose work is in the public domain. AI probably just allows them to adapt to new trends like Capybara more quickly.
I dont care as long as the AI art is good and doesn't have broken shit in it.
They are just as likely to have prints from artists whose work is in the public domain. AI probably just allows them to adapt to new trends like Capybara more quickly.
I dont care as long as the AI art is good and doesn't have broken shit in it.
Power Pro
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It's just depressing. I know it's easy to say "who gives a shit", but you know, I feel for the real artists that would've gotten paid to make art like this. I feel for anyone that's having their opportunities and even their inspirations of creativity stolen by AI, because nothing AI does is original. I am not looking forward to this future.
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FunkMiller
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Nobody cares until it's their job on the line. I see a lot of faces being eaten by leopards when it comes to the AI 'revolution'.
Mr Reasonable
Completely Unreasonable
I don't know anything about how mass produced pictures generate money for artists. But I find myself wondering if removing the potential for artists to get paid for work like this interrupts the journey artists go on to making what I assume is more celebrated and lucrative.
I wonder if what we're looking at is the end to human created dorm room/hotel room/shopping centre art ...or something bigger?
Does this mean that it's even harder to start a career in art if you're not from a wealthy family who can bankroll your wilderness years? Does this contribute to fewer opportunities for you, your family, people who come from your town?
Does it mean that the only people who get to make art a career are the children of people already established in a creative industry?
If that doesn't sound terrible, you know how Jaden Smith got acting jobs because his Dad is Will Smith? Imagine that but for absolutely everything artistic. Music, film, TV, visual art of every type. Everything is made by Will Smith's children.
Is that bad?
I kinda think that's one possible outcome from AI being used for low-mid level creative endeavours.
People thought The Terminator was a bleak vision of the future, but it could be far worse.
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NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt
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ResilientBanana
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I don’t care. Also Hobby Lobby
didn’t produce this.
didn’t produce this.
Fbh
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Not form the US so I'm not familiar with that store. But from the quick video it looks like one of these places that just fills up containers with cheap Chinese stuff.
With these types of products even if it's not AI made I'd expect them to just have used some image they found online without paying any royalties for it.
I got some christmas decorations from a similar place this year and when I got home I realized some of it was very obviously made using the the "image trace" function on illustrator.
With these types of products even if it's not AI made I'd expect them to just have used some image they found online without paying any royalties for it.
I got some christmas decorations from a similar place this year and when I got home I realized some of it was very obviously made using the the "image trace" function on illustrator.
Spyxos
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It's no longer even noticeable. I saw the ad and didn't think for a second that it looked fake. Sure, I didn't concentrate 100% on it and i did something else on the side, but 99% of people won't notice it now.
willothedog
Member
When a banana duct taped to a wall sells for millions from a human artist, I welcome our AI overloads.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Isn't hobby lobby going out of business?
Dirk Benedict
Member
Bro bought and ate that fucking banana, too... I was gutted... why couldn't it have been ME who created the duct taped banana to a wall for 6+ million???
Jinzo Prime
Member
I think they call that AI inbreeding, and it's a sereous problem (for them).
I saw that commercial yesterday, the AI was obvious and distracting.
Trilobit
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Given how pervasive AI is and will be in most areas of production this seems rather small. It would be nice if we could usher in that UBI thing so I could read my books without stress. I can also agree to change my name to Dickipedia if Elon Musk wants to give me a billion for it.
FoxMcChief
Gold Member
This.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Same. As soon as I saw it, I knew it was AI. Second time I saw it, I saw the disclosure
Cyberpunkd
Member
Nobody cares except the top 10% art. Sad but true. Same with tech bros - for years they have been taught 'get to coding, you are all set'. Then no-code and AI happened.
StreetsofBeige
Gold Member
If it's good enough, I'd buy it.
I bought Betty Crocker baking tray from Dollarama for $4. I could had also bought a Cuisinart $25 model. The $4 works fine. I'm no master baker.
I've also bought Ikea prints for $15. Add in a shitty frame and it probably cost me $25 15 years ago. Still got them. Why buy custom made pics for $250 when a mass produced black and white print is dirt cheap.
I've also have some old school thick paper board movie posters. Some of them look like someone literally just took a random movie still pic and printed it on the canvas. No way it's legit. Flea market guy made it himself with copyrighted material. Fine with me. $40.
I bought Betty Crocker baking tray from Dollarama for $4. I could had also bought a Cuisinart $25 model. The $4 works fine. I'm no master baker.
I've also bought Ikea prints for $15. Add in a shitty frame and it probably cost me $25 15 years ago. Still got them. Why buy custom made pics for $250 when a mass produced black and white print is dirt cheap.
I've also have some old school thick paper board movie posters. Some of them look like someone literally just took a random movie still pic and printed it on the canvas. No way it's legit. Flea market guy made it himself with copyrighted material. Fine with me. $40.
Ocean Dweller
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A LOT
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Nevermind...
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The Sum of Zero
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Me. Especially when they have their 40% off sale on boxed model kits lol. The most recent one I got from there:
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Bry0
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Wait what! Hobby lobby carries these online or in store too?
tkscz
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And this is how the average person shopping there will react. They won't notice the oddities, they won't notice the backgrounds. They'll go 'hey I like this', buy it and hang it up and not give it a second thought.
The Sum of Zero
Member
Both, but you're better off going into the actual store rather than ordering online. Online may show separate kits, but they have this little tidbit: "Style/Color: Assorted - You May Not Receive What Is Pictured". Heard plenty of stories of people who ordered something and got something completely different.
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Soodanim
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The only take away from this is that the account name Drama Alert serves as a warning for the overly dramatic content it posts.
"Hobby Lobby EXPOSED"
I'm just glad they can't use formatting.
As for the art, I couldn't care less. It's presumably a low end chain that primarily sells cheap and cheerful items. AI art is about what I'd expect.
"Hobby Lobby EXPOSED"
I'm just glad they can't use formatting.
As for the art, I couldn't care less. It's presumably a low end chain that primarily sells cheap and cheerful items. AI art is about what I'd expect.