/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I'm going to preface this by saying that I think AI genned image mught be great for creating references or backgrounds. As a tool I think its going to be great.

However, i don't think it really is going to be a meat replacement for 4 reasons.
1. As the algorithm trains, it will (and already has) start having "a look" which means that it cuts it's outliers according to it's heuristics, and the style stagnates. The stylistic equivalent of beige.

2. Eventually people will get sick of samey looking full front or 2/3rds views of big titty animeish girls or smeary distopian city scenes. I can for the most part tell when someone is just posting a shitload of ai pics to their DA account because they all have the same look even when the subject matter is vastly different.

3.Volume. AI is great for volume, but again it's not very interesting. Is some of the lighting and color choices impressive? Sure, they are usually pleasant. Is the image interesting? Not often. I see the same thing with human artists that render really well and make beautiful scenery, but the image is just not that interesting.

4. If there is ever a trend or a taste change that originates outside of social media, AI will be the last to know. Despite what so many want to believe, social media isn't real life. A lot still goes on offline, or in less conspicuous corners of the internet. Thats where trends and styles come from for the most part. Outside of the mainstream, and social media has become 100% milqtoast mainstream