'Democratizing art via generative AI was a mistake': devs spar over AI slop
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-09-20
smykx argues generative AI democratizing art was a mistake, claiming people with no background in art, music or video are mass-producing slop and should stop. cocktailpeanut quotes it, drawing a parallel that DAWs democratizing music production was similarly a mistake. The exchange captures growing backlash and anxiety in the AI creative community.
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