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what all ai tech bros/ai artists/etc. seem to have in common is that they view art as a product to be sold or as content to be consumed, and not as what it actually is.
Because what art actually is, is an expression of human emotions. This is a very flexible definition, but that's also the point, because human emotions are very flexible and varied. Art can help you express and release emotions, be they joy or happiness, but also emotions like sadness, dispair or hatred. And I'm not just talking about high art, I'm including stuff like porn here, because lust is also a human emotion, and "self-gratification" is also just another word for "because it's fun".
AI artists aren't artists for many reasons. Not having the skills to make art isn't even necessarily one of them, but rather that they're completely unwilling to learn the skills, or even learn how to look at art like an artist, because let me tell you, there is very much a difference.
But the one reason, above all, why AI art isn't real art, is because it's not an expression of human emotions. By definition, it can't be. It's not made by a human, it's made by a statistical algorithm. Anyone who says otherwise is lying. Either on purpose, or unknowingly, including to themselves.
If AI art was real art, AI artists wouldn't be generating hundreds of thousands of pieces and not be satisfied with any single one.
The first reason for this is because they're not actually making it. They're giving their control over to a machine and turning their brain off.
The second reason is because there's no emotional release. They're not processing anything. They're not even learning anything.
THAT is why AI art is garbage.