Artists Furious After AI-Generated Artwork Comes In First Place At Colorado State Fair Competition

\u201cNaw dawg, this ain't right.\n\nhttps://t.co/y7h7hyftYm\u201d

— Rionotrowe (@Rionotrowe) 1662419638

\u201c@The_Galactabee @GenelJumalon people like this only think of the monetary incentive, it was like that for nfts too\n\nthe "huge win" is being able to generate dozens of art pieces at once and selling them out to the highest bidder for insane profit\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@TransformARTive @GenelJumalon Gotta love how short lived the era of digital art being recognized and accepted by mainstream fine art venues lasted before literally being able to just press a button actually did come along\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@ichibanhomo @GenelJumalon Yes, but they went the extra effort to choose the best car and tune it. /s\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201cI know there's more important ethical considerations with the AI art that won the Colorado State Fair, but aesthetically, it looks just like every other AI generated artwork. Anyone who spends even 1 day on Midjourney would see hundreds of other images that look exactly the same.\u201d

— Eric Hart (@Eric Hart) 1662220310

\u201c@kaseysaus @GenelJumalon It's actually super cool. The exploratory process and guidance by a human is really something unique.\n\nJust cause it's not your niche, doesn't mean it's the end of your world lol. \n\nIf anything, you should learn to utilize it - even if it's just for inspiration.\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@GenelJumalon The AI is not a person, but the person who generated it by typing words into the AI is not an artist. They created nothing. At best, they collaborated. A collaboration they can take credit for because there\u2019s no human on the other end. This should not be allowed. It\u2019s terrible.\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@luxidea @GenelJumalon if this were true then burning a painting would result in no loss because only the result would be destroyed, not the process. art history is fine, provenance is fine, but never mistake it for the value of art. a mysterious masterpiece has more value than a well-known mediocrity.\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@cecurry @Sanguiphilia @GenelJumalon If the person who generated the art made the AI themselves, that would be a fair analogy.\nWhat actually happened is the equivalent of using symbolab or wolfram alpha to solve that equation; *everything* was done by the computer after the initial prompt was given.\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@Sanguiphilia @GenelJumalon The news article about it said he spent 80 hours trying different combinations of words and Photoshopping the result. He was in the digital edited photography section, so that's probably similar to or more than the expected commitment\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994

\u201c@miraka_r @GenelJumalon I just made this in literally 20 seconds.\u201d

— Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls (@Genel Jumalon \u2708\ufe0f ARTapalooza Cedar Falls) 1661876994