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Jumping on the AI bandwagon
Oct. 7th, 2025 12:47 pmThere seems to be a flurry of people jumping on the morality of creating stuff (pictures, writing) via AI. I want to add my take, which is people are not "creating" art via AI. First, a thought experiment and at the end a disclaimer.
A thought experiment: A person walks into a custom furniture store and says that they want a table. They specify materials, size, color, etc., and agree on a price and delivery date. Come said date, the table is delivered. Does the person stand around at their next cocktail party pointing at the table and say "look at this table I made?" No, rather they say "look at this table I bought." Now, maybe, depending on the amount of work with the furniture company, they can claim to have designed it. But not made it.
Thus unto AI. Humans don't make AI art. They buy it (even if it's from a free site). Maybe they can claim to have edited or designed what AI did, but they didn't make it.
Disclaimer: in my day job with a publicly-traded corporation, I use AI. I do not claim that I "made" any AI-generated product. These opinions are my own, not that of any past or present employer.
A thought experiment: A person walks into a custom furniture store and says that they want a table. They specify materials, size, color, etc., and agree on a price and delivery date. Come said date, the table is delivered. Does the person stand around at their next cocktail party pointing at the table and say "look at this table I made?" No, rather they say "look at this table I bought." Now, maybe, depending on the amount of work with the furniture company, they can claim to have designed it. But not made it.
Thus unto AI. Humans don't make AI art. They buy it (even if it's from a free site). Maybe they can claim to have edited or designed what AI did, but they didn't make it.
Disclaimer: in my day job with a publicly-traded corporation, I use AI. I do not claim that I "made" any AI-generated product. These opinions are my own, not that of any past or present employer.
