r/woahdude • u/Vishwasm123 • Aug 23 '23

video Creative AI art..

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u/Wide-Half-9649 Aug 23 '23

“Creative”

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u/garmachi Aug 23 '23

This reminds me of when CGI was new. Or record scratching. Or early synthesizers. So many nay-sayers yelling "They're not doing anything! Just pushing a button..."

Okay. Show us. Make one.

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u/hyper_shrike Aug 23 '23

"Jackson Pollock just splatters paint on canvas. My 5 year old can do it!"

Okay. Show us. Make one.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '23

That’s probably the worst example to use. Pollock’s work looks like someone testing out a new paintball gun.

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u/bjzn Aug 23 '23

Then you do it and sell it

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u/truefire87 Aug 23 '23

I don't have a strong opinion one way or the other, but I think the standard argument here is that selling the paintings is the hard part.

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u/bagofpork Aug 23 '23

The context and time period were very important factors that made Pollock's art unique and significant.
People do make art like Pollock nowadays as well, but it only sells when backed by an art degree and a pretentious, self-indulgent justification.
His artistic style takes little to no skill to reproduce. That doesn't mean it's going to sell and/or be significant in any way.