AI art, no longer a place for humans? by Yuuza, journal
AI art, no longer a place for humans?
I've been browsing deviantart lately after a long absence and noticed around 80% of th art i see here is AI art. Then i go to the comment section and i see Ai generated comment responses i can use, i scroll down and i see some people have actually used some of them. So a machine generates art and a machine comments on it. How ironic is that? 8 out of 10 new deviants sugested are AI prompters. It gives me the feeling that there is no longer a place for human art here. It's quite lonely coming here seeing everything machine made, almost like i am in the matrix or some alternate universe governed by machines. From the people i watch i see many journals of people leaving for other sites and i am sure many left but did not make a journal about it. When i joined, it was the human interaction that made me want to come back again and again and ultimately become a better artist. I am thinking of the new artists who just begun their journey how this feels for them right now. If anyone wants
DeviantArt Protect Update: Exposing Stolen NFTs by team, journal
DeviantArt Protect Update: Exposing Stolen NFTs
Art theft in Web3 is a problem. When DeviantArt Protect launched last year, it kicked off our serious commitment to combating art theft. Now we’re continuing that undertaking by tackling the root of the problem. Here’s what we’re doing next. A while back, we posted about the challenges of Web3 and how it’s not delivering on its promise. We asked for your feedback, and many artists agreed: art theft is a major problem. Your response underlined the importance of DeviantArt Protect, and we’ve been continuing to work on it to help safeguard our artists. We’re now scanning and indexing nine blockchains. We’ve scanned over 350 million NFTs and sent over 245,000 alerts informing artists that their content was stolen. Direct links are integrated so artists can quickly file a DMCA takedown. Dealing with theft is still a pain for artists Artists who are targeted and exploited are then given the burden of filling out countless DMCA forms. Many artists are even bombarded with mass infringements