Because it's inherently low art, by which I mean the ideas communicated are barely above a snip of text. That's not a bad thing, but it means a machine processing prompts can, with adequate discernment, produce an adequate output. It's not short circuiting a creative human process, it's helping you make slightly better stick figure drawings.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Because it's inherently low art, by which I mean the ideas communicated are barely above a snip of text

So why not use a graphics program and stock images? The above example already had a template which was put through a synthetic image generator. Hell, I saw this exact meme in the wojak format.

It's not short circuiting a creative human process, it's helping you make slightly better stick figure drawings.

Why would I want that if stick figures would suffice? Many people don't want to engage with synthetic text on meme communities. Why do you want to be complicit in so-called "AI" so badly?

[–] deathbird@mander.xyz 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm deeply concerned about the rush to so-called "AI" and the use of synthetic text in all aspects of life, particularly when it substitutes for productive labor in policy generation and implementation.

Meme generation is not the same. Stock images are already trash, designed for bulk distribution as filler. If a machine can output an image that's equally functional, no artist is deprived of the opportunity to create something meaningful, no onlooker is deceived into believing that a human mind orchestrated this camera angle or that brush stroke.

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I'm asking you again: why use up the resources for a synthetic image if it upsets people and the expected quality is so low for memes, anyway?

Why synthesize a fucking Wojak template?