But they conveniently leave out that it costs money to do anything with AI. It's more like "open to anyone with a credit card." The vast majority of people don't have computers powerful enough to run generative AI models locally, and even then, server farms with a billion GPUs will always produce better results

This means that people have to rely on corporate platforms where you buy tokens that you use to get pulls at the various AI slop slot machines, hoping you get something decent. The mechanics more closely resemble a gacha game than any kind of artistic process

By contrast, learning how to draw, animate or make 3D models costs nothing. There's free tutorials and tools everywhere, and you can also just pirate commercial ones if you want

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[–] VibeCoder@hexbear.net 8 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I also dispute OP's assumption that we can all learn to draw competently, i've tried on and off for years with various tutorials and programmes and my brain and hands just do not work that way.

I’m curious if you’ve tried https://drawabox.com/

It’s set up to be very rote and effort in = results out. If you like studying and practicing that way, it works a lot differently than the typical advice.

[–] RaisedFistJoker@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago

drawabox is one of the worst programs for learning something from scratch i have ever tried. That shit is horrible. I am capable of imagining its good for people who already draw a bit and want to get better, but from scratch its horrible.

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago

i've heard of that and it looks reasonable but i'm busy with blender things and the feedback loop is more compatible with where my head is at.