/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>be drawfag
>don't give a shit about techbros
>don't even visit their /g/ay board
>as far as I knew, they didn't really care about us either
>after the AIs were released last year I wanted to see what their take is on it
>see a shit ton of posts about how artists have been replaced
>the most charitable thing they could say is "you have no choice so you better accept AI as a tool"
>there were many, many rageposts against art and artists
>these weren't good natured bants, they were hoping that artists would suffer and rope
>they even posted saltmine threads about rando artists (if you as an artist didn't have anything but good to say about the thing that's supposed to replace you, you're vermin)

If coders get replaced by AI, or if they don't get replaced, I honestly don't care. But it's apparent that we live rent free in their heads anyway.

>someone asks how to get better at art
>‘just draw!’
How is that supposed to be helpful advice?