The author is dead? AI is conquering mankind with art

AI Painting has long been nothing new .

2017 year ,AI Passed the Turing test of artistic creation . For example, in the following randomized controlled double-blind studies , You can tell which are computer paintings , What are the works of human artists ?

picture source ： qubits

Especially in recent years, metauniverse is considered to be the Internet “ Next Station ”, It is also an important application scenario for the combination of science and technology and Humanities and Arts . Encryption digital products refresh the public's cognition no matter from the price or the speed of the circle , Digital art also has a broader development channel .

For example, the following two unrestrained compositions 、 The rich details and the unified style of strokes all highlight the author's artistic aesthetics .

  author ：Liliia Sitailo

You might think , This is the work of which Daniel illustrator . But in fact , They all come from AI In the hands of .

The authors of both paintings are Liliia Sitailo. To be exact ,Sitailo Only responsible for entering instructions , Directly describe the imaginary picture ,AI The corresponding image can be generated , It's like being able to understand human natural language , The painting part is finally completely handed over to AI complete .

One “ Draw with your mouth ” Era , It seems to have come quietly .

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# Admit it. ,AI Painting is much better than human beings

As early as a year ago , A man named Dream by wombo The entry level of AI Drawing programs have caused heated discussion . At present, it has covered the whole platform , Support web page 、 Android and apple , And it's free . Although the function is relatively single 、 Pixels are also relatively low , But it's obviously better than most humans .

source ：Dream by wombo Creator community

But in fact, more often , It's not easy to get a picture that meets your imagination .

When you try to describe “ Draw a Picchu in the style of jeepli studio ” when , What may be harvested is a “ Moving Picchu Castle ”; Want to see how Steampunk's hailalu continent , But I only got the profile of a mechanical astronaut . Want to make AI Read your mind , In addition to the need for a more accurate description , It seems that luck is more needed .

source ：Dream by wombo Creator community

At present, it is more professional AI Art tools , Recently, it is more popular in China Disco Diffusion（ hereinafter referred to as DD）, and wombo The same is based on Deepdream Visual program , But it's obviously more Good at magnificent imagination . Not only does the weird atmosphere of the paintings decrease greatly , and It can restore the scene description more accurately , More capable “ Understand people's words ”.

such as 2022 year 4 month , A design aesthetics blogger is DD On the running program of “ The sea of sunflowers under the starry sky ” Description of , One by one 《 Starry sky 》《 Sunflower 》 Style paintings are AI It was born under the Craftsmanship , It seems that Van Gogh was reborn in the cybernetic era .

author ：Simon_ aven （ Slide up and down ）

however DD It's not without faults , For now It's not good at characters 、 animal 、 automobile 、 Perspective or anything that requires real concrete characteristics . Many people in the art industry said Disco Diffusion Elements that do not conform to the logic of the whole work often appear in the details of the picture , If you need commercial , People with certain painting skills are still needed to adjust the details of the overall picture .

author ：JZ_ For example （ Left ）,Tiny_Radi（ Right ）

By contrast delle2、Midjoumey、Imagen Wait for the top AI Generation tool , Even comparable to the quality of real photos, it is more realistic and logical ：

Picture source ： Midjourney Discord Community （ Slide left and right ）

Unfortunately , this 3 None of these tools are completely open . At present, what you can play is second only to dalle2 Of AI Painting tools , yes DD Open source project author Somnai Another project I participated in . even so , It is better than DD Much better .

Picture source ：Midjourney Discord Community （ Slide left and right ）

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#AI Let artists lose their jobs or leave work early ？

It is worth mentioning that , As a well-known AI research organization OpenAI Launch of the product ,DALL-E2 In fact, there was an initial version last year DALL-E, But at that time, its clarity and recognition were still very poor , Although it can also achieve the effect of producing pictures with words , But it didn't attract much attention . Compare the works of the two generations of products under the same description , We can intuitively feel its evolution , And this is only in the past 8 Months .

picture source ： qubits

Vaguely , In the field of painting AI It seems to have crossed one foot , The door of artistic creativity unique to mankind . It's in AI This kind of speed is so fast that it's a little startling , a slice “ wow ” There is another word mixed with the admiration of ：“ unemployment ”.

Today's social media , Many people have expressed that they are seeking to use Disco Diffusion Painting , The feasibility of replacing painting with outsourcing painters . While lamenting the technological progress, many relevant practitioners , Also gradually produced by AI Replace the sense of crisis , It's a familiar scene ：

1839 year , Paul, the darling of French Salon · De la Roche shouted after seeing the photographic print for the first time “ Painting is dead ！”

1935 year , Kenneth, curator of the British National Gallery · Clark sent a message in 《 Audience 》 The magazine cries that painting may have lost its future .

1976 Philosopher Roland · Bart directly announced to the world ：“ The author is dead ”（The Death of the Author）.

But even without looking at history, we all know , Painting is still alive .

One side , Although word tracing does give creation more space , But the imagination in this process 、 debugging 、 Modification and supplement , It still needs the full participation and control of the creator , Just like buying a camera doesn't mean learning to shoot .

At present DD In the community , Many people have rich experience in software aided drawing and painting skills , For different factions 、 The painting features of different websites can be handy , Fine tuning of different parameters is not a problem , When you want to get fixed composition and color matching , They can also help by importing sketches AI Better understand the description , Adjust the details through later modification and painting , That's why there are works that ordinary people can't reach .

author ：B standing up Lord Brain player mindplayer

On the other hand , The invention of camera didn't kill painting at the beginning .

Generally speaking , To evaluate a work of art is to analyze the art form it shows . But as We cannot consider the murals ten thousand years ago and the modern street graffiti art in one dimension , The form and composition of the painting 、 Materials and skills 、 line 、 color 、 Hue 、 skin texture 、 Space 、 Block and volume 、 Perspective and shortening 、 The criteria of proportion and size are inseparable from history .

therefore , The creation time of a work of Art （ Material evidence 、 Documentary evidence 、 Visual evidence 、 Style evidence ）、 style （ The style of the times 、 Regional style 、 Personal style ）、 The theme 、 author 、 client （ The author paid for painting and his personal creation , The purpose and meaning of paintings may be different ） And other elements are extremely important .

《 A general history of Gardner's art 》 Write in the preface ：“ Continue to pay attention to style 、 Time sequence 、 At the same time of image and skill , We …… Pay more attention to the function and background of the work . When examining the works , We will consider in the society that produced them , When they were produced —— Their purpose and meaning …… We are committed to integrating art and architectural history 、 Combine political and social backgrounds . therefore , We often draw 、 sculpture 、 Architecture and so-called secondary art are treated together , Emphasize how they collectively reflect the traditions and aspirations of a culture , Instead of treating them as independent 、 Different media .”

source ：nightcafe Official website

in fact , The invention of camera makes people based on classical painting , Learned to observe and think in a more diverse way , Later impressionism 、 The birth of new styles such as cubism and surrealism .

AI works The color of 、 structure 、 Style and strokes also come from the vast history of human art , It is the magnificent creation of countless talented artists in the history of human art .

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# these AI What does the generated work mean ？

As more and more people are interested in AI Tools generate interest , They also urgently need to find business scenarios to unleash their potential .

Released by Zhongguancun big data industry alliance 《 China AI Digital business outlook 2021-2025》 Report forecast , To 2025 year , China AI The scale of the core pillar industrial chain of digital commerce will reach 1853 One hundred million yuan , among AI The scale of digital commercial content industry will reach 495 One hundred million yuan .

On social media , Entry level AI Art tools （ Such as DALL·E Mini） It has become a real social “ King of stem map ”, Culture gene meme Spread to the extreme .

And in the broader 、 More professional human aesthetic and spiritual world construction , top AI Art tools have been able to produce whatever human imagination can reach , Than For example, it is used to inspire future cars 、 Architectural design , Looking for future trend culture and trendy play IP wait .

source ： qubits 《 Pirate DALL·E King of stemming map ？ nissan 5 10000 images , Burst hugging face server ,OpenAI Order to rename 》

at present , It seems that the risk only comes from whether your description will lead to the controversy of painting style plagiarism . Because the rendered image will show a very similar style , When you use an artist with a distinctive style （ Especially living artists ）, And a commercial work as a keyword , Directly used for commercial use or will face the problem of infringement .

But maybe one day AI Generative Art will really rewrite the deep-rooted traditional copyright law . Overall, , Due to the top AI The commercial monopoly and super productivity of art tools , This part AI Works of art are still in the gray area of copyright , It can't be completely open . For example, top AI Tools Midjourney It is clearly required that creators who use their tools to generate greater benefits should share with the platform .

It's like 《 top AI Painting program ：midjourney Internal test and thinking 》 A wake-up call in the article ：“AI The copyright of works is still in the gray zone , It's part of the forefront of copyright law that hasn't been built yet . But it can be predicted that more and more people will use it in the future , This part of the law will be perfect . I'm actually a little curious , Copyright is actually a product based on private ownership , If one day everyone can get the image they want in a very low-cost way , Then will there be such things as copyright ？”

But on today's social platforms , Some practitioners have taken advantage of the situation and began to publicize their own AI Program , Many young people are beginning to AI Used to draw your own head 、 Wallpapers and peer paintings ……AI The impact of art on productivity and human spirit makes us once again see the opportunity for the bubble Matt blind box model to perform again in the meta universe .

As a Zhihu user said ：“AI Give Way （ Shallow ） Beautiful images are easy to get and cheap , Much like the sugar industry, sweetness is no longer expensive , Then reshaped the human diet 、 business 、 health …… that How does mass production of beautiful images with unlimited supply affect the world ？ It can be said that the beautiful new world ‘ beautiful ’ Has it been loaded ？”

without doubt ,AI Art is the symbol of this era , but AI The real value cornerstone behind art , It is the advanced thought of mankind . It is expected that a new chain of production relations will appear in the near future ： The endless imagination of mankind →AI Infinite creation visualization →Crypto/Web3 Borderless capitalization → The socialization of mass art and the marketization of creation . This is the real thing MetaVerse—— Meta universe ！

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