Beyond Prompting: The Case for an 'Aesthetics of Training' in AI Art

pixlpa · x · 2026-08-09

The author argues that frontier models often mislead users into thinking they can simply prompt their way through any creative task, obscuring the importance of underlying workflows. They propose the concept of an "aesthetics of training", urging creators to shift their focus beyond prompting to the backend pipeline. By integrating aesthetic choices directly into the model training process, creators can achieve a much deeper and more authentic creative expression.

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