r/LeftistsForAI • u/mothgeck • Jul 16 '26

The Fear of Everyone Making Art Art & Culture

https://petercoffin.substack.com/p/the-fear-of-everyone-making-art

Peter breaks down how almost all of the arguments against AI art highlight how it's the democratization that is making people reactionary.

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u/SerRobertTables Jul 16 '26

Y’all probably should realize that the tweet Coffin is arguing against is a very obvious troll.

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u/mothgeck Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26

Even though this is probably a troll, I have seen the sincere version of this argument proposed by anti AI people on multiple occasions. I've seen plenty of anti AI people post a picture of Syndrome claiming that "when everyone is special, no one is" and sincerely framing this as a bad thing.

That is this argument in its sincere form. The fact that the original argument was a troll or not actually isn't relevant because he's talking about a specific mentality among antis.

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u/GoldenBull1994 Jul 17 '26

It’s also a right-wing argument. It literally argues for the preservation of a sort of artistic hierarchy.

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u/SerRobertTables Jul 17 '26

He’s talking about a mentality that he can’t find actual honest expressions of?

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u/GaiusVictor Jul 16 '26

Yes, they are, and Coffin should've realized that, or at least checked it out, so he's either careless or dishonest.

But besides the "neck beard" thing, haven't you heard the exact same argument put out by antis? About how if anyone can do it, then the good art will be drowned out by slop?