Ai art

This morning, I wrote a lengthy piece about my perspective on Generative Ai in creative spaces.

I’ve decided not to post it — at least, not as it is.

The first feeling that comes to mind is unsafe. It doesn’t feel safe to be honest, to be angry.

Most perspectives have their blind-spots, and most takes have their caveats, mine included. Yet I found myself writing so many of those caveats, trying so hard to address those blind spots, that the message became lost. The tone was unmistakably defensive. It got messy.

And I know better than to let political ideas be messy on the vast expanse of the internet.

So I’ll leave it at this, my friends:

As you navigate your own relationships, be mindful that Ai art is a complicated and emotionally charged topic. It’s an incredibly powerful tool that has done so much good for so many; at the same time, it has ruined lives and irrevocably changed a craft many of us hold as sacred as godliness itself: the process of creation.

And if you have any love for me, please — don’t put that computer-generated output it in front of my face. I’m not judging, but at this point, I really, really want nothing to do with it.