discussion What're your thoughts on AI in general?

[uBfUZJjR1V]

For me, It gives people the tools to do more than what they would be able to do on their own or gives them the ability to do something new.

 

[CubbyBuddy]

LLMs were not ready for public usage and this level of scale, and it's backfiring so hard that even the act of automation is turning into a mess.

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[fckratos]

I think AI is good when using it to manage data and help with scripting. I've used it to manage data points for an organization where the users could poll it and ask for specific information about our various locations.

The generative AI is where I have a big problem. Massive corporations are buying land and plopping down these power hungry eyesores that don't really create anything for the communities they're placed in.

AI should never replace human work, it should only compliment it.

 

[sepiasuicide]

I wish it didn't exist

 

[Banana]

It's useful for finding things out. Basically a more convenient google. but I think it uses too many resources. also scared about the generative ai image/video creation in a couple years. once it gets good enough where it's indistinguishable from real images and video, there's going to be way more misinformation than there is already

 

[exlurker]

I've definitely gotten pretty burned out on it myself, I feel most of the people that use them use the exact same AI and filters so the characters all look the same. It is kind of funny though because recently I started looking into making AI for myself because the idea of AI does interest me and the fact that I can run them on my computer and not be online is pretty great.

I also find it funny because from the AI side, having consistent characters and scenes is quite complicated (using image to image many times ends up looking like a bad photoshop job), so nobody is happy with the result, neither from the AI side nor from the anti-AI side.

 

[s00perd00per]

I'm neither pro or anti... I just wish it wasn't such a crapflood, or that it was instantly recognizable, or that it has become a go-to excuse to lay off thousands of workers just because some soulless C-level asswipe craves a big executive bonus this quarter.

AI is evolving, though every time a new "...in the style of" comes out, everyone and their little sister has to immediately use it to wallpaper the universe with the results.

I'd love to go full AI, though. It has the potential. Local-only, faster/easier to create with, no creative guardrails, and with results as consistent as my current render runs? I'd be in love. In fact, my ideal AI rig would be something like this:

1. Import an image or CG textured mesh and have AI use that as, say, its base LoRA, with zero deviations in appearance unless otherwise specified. Also, be able to use multiple characters at once.

2. Take images or CG meshes of clothing, add them in. Same with landscapes, props, hair, you-name-it.

3. Like @exlurker alluded to - consistency! AI seems great for one-off pics or short movies, but a series/comic, especially something that spans different scenes and states of dress, usually throws the LLM for a loop and you end up with subtle-but-detectable variations. It is getting better at it, but slowly - too slowly.

4. Finally, a better UI. One of the big reasons I stick with CG is because the UI sets for most compositing apps are actually intuitive once you get the hang of it. You spin dials instead of writing a novel and hoping the LLM gets it.

 

[sjulyaah03]

It can help creativity, but it is nothing more than a tool that gathers information and presents it in a human form. It doesn't evaluate the information it presents and relies on an internet of lies and mistakes. Everything provided by AI needs human scrutiny, which can be more time consuming than if a human had performed the job in the first place.
There are applications where it could excel, where it provides a second opinion or a first assessment, but that should always be validated by a human. It will improve over time, but can its results, its decisions ever be fully trusted? I wouldn't be prepared to willingly.

 

[Mahomes22]

I see it as something inevitable that we need to deal with. It seems like the next generation is using it for more and more things, so everyone needs to get onboard because it's here to stay.

 

[dirtyjack74]

I hate AI in general. It's just invasive and insulting at this point

As a tool, it's fine. However, people who justify using it as a primary tool for creating slop, either through images or games, need to have their heads checked. Human inspired art and creativity will always be superior, and utilizing it is an affront to what is human creativity.

 

[Kaven]

I like the art, and it can be useful in other cases. I don't have a hate boner like most people, but I don't get the obsession of trying to cram it into everything