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   Leth (lethargilistic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 04:04:52 JST Leth

   The "he has six-fingers" or otherwise "this isn't possible" criticism of AI art strikes me as a weirdly anti-surrealist stance for artists to take.

   "Only human brains are allowed to produce nonsense!"

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     Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 04:04:51 JST Wherz Demloots

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     @lethargilistic What you said is anti-surrealist because surrealism isn't nonsense, it is striking a careful balance between and playing with our understanding of what is sense and nonsense, and it is a difficult thing to do well.

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     Leth (lethargilistic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 06:14:07 JST Leth

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     • Wherz Demloots

     @MakBerberovic You have extrapolated a lot from the least important word in this post, but OK. The perceived difficulty of its creation is irrelevant because art is interpreted and *all* art involves striking kinds of balance.

     If the interpreter likes it as surrealism, it's good surrealism. If the interpreter changes their mind because they learn it was created with an AI, it's still good surrealism.

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     Wherz Demloots (makberberovic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 06:46:24 JST Wherz Demloots

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     @lethargilistic I understand your post is light-hearted, which is why I focused on a less core part of your argument, but sorry if that didn't read as matching your tone. Anyway...

     If I valued art for my interpretation on it instead of appreciation for the work and intent of the maker, I would have zero respect for 99% of art except the rare few things that strike me, and that's unfair. Art is work and skill and intent, not color and shape, and AI art is stolen skill and no work.

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     Leth (lethargilistic@kolektiva.social)'s status on Monday, 18-Mar-2024 06:57:08 JST Leth

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     • Wherz Demloots

     @MakBerberovic I would say the same thing about any other kind of plagiarism. It's art and work and skill and intent, and a far more interesting creative process to me than inceptivism—much more involved than so-called "theft."

     That can be why I do it, but it doesn't matter aesthetically because others are not me and do not live within me while I enjoy making it. Art isn't even completed until others do the work of interpreting it.