Lime Bar @limebar@mastodon.social

I am a little shocked at the lack of solidarity I see between artists working in different mediums wrt genAI.

Musicians who would never use it to make music use it to make cover art

Graphic artists reach for it to make music over their videos

Writers use it to illustrate their articles

And, considering software development an art, many use it to create web sites or apps to host their art.

None of this is necessary. All of this is harmful to the other artists.

Collaborate ffs.

Stop it.

Aug 09, 2026, 12:17 AM

      • ByteJunk@lemmy.world
        14·
        3 months ago

        I was triggered by that statement too and about to throw a rant, but I think they mean it like “creating a webpage”, using stuff like wordpress and the like, because they’re an artist who wants to show off their portfolio or something.

        There’s a lot of “DIY” that abstracts away the actual programming part, so others can just build what they need easily.

    • earlgrey0@sh.itjust.works
      9·
      3 months ago

      Seriously! I yearn for the old days of really crappy photoshop album covers! They’re at least an earnest expression of what the band is trying to convey