AI ‘art’ is boring, soulless theft – and when I see it as an artist I see red | Jess Harwood
TL;DR
I draw the old way – with my hand. Doing it with AI would not make me more creative, it would drain the colour out of my existence Last week I went to a gig by myself for the first time. I sat myself down in my single seat, possibly the youngest person in the room and one of thousands excited to see Split Enz. I loved it – I felt joy and heartache as the lyrics spoke of human experiences, really lived.
Nauti's Take
The opportunity in the debate is real: it pushes platforms toward honest labeling of AI content and raises awareness of training-data theft and energy costs. The risk is blanket condemnation that lumps thoughtful hybrid workflows used by illustrators and designers into the same bucket.
A clear split between 'pure generation' and 'AI as a tool' would be the progress both sides should want.
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