Hot take: The 'AI art' section at the Denver con last week was a total letdown.

Three years ago, I saw a digital art booth there that blew my mind with custom brushes and lighting tricks. Last month, I prepped a new piece for it, spending hours on texture layers. But last week, half the floor was just people typing prompts into a laptop. It felt lazy and stole space from artists who actually craft something. Has anyone else felt their local scene get watered down by this stuff?

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the_lucas7d ago

Stole space from artists" is exactly right. It's not art, it's a search engine with pictures. Saw the same thing at a small show back home. Felt like a tech demo, not a place for skill. Takes the soul right out of it.

the_brian6d ago

Ngl, the Denver con felt like a weird tech fair. Saw a guy just typing "epic dragon" over and over while a real artist next to him had maybe two people look at her painted canvases. @the_lucas is onto something with the search engine thing. My favorite part was the "AI artist" who got mad when his laptop battery died. Real skill on display there.