Artist argues AI generators mash the creative process into latent space, losing what makes art
rms80 · x · 2026-10-01
A forwarded take from artist ephtracy on generative art: the market may treat the artwork as the fruit, but art is the tree grown from the seed — the hand-placed strokes, structure study, thinking process, mood and feeling. He argues generators mash all of this into latent space, missing much of what makes art meaningful. A representative viewpoint in the ongoing debate over AI-generated art's value.
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