How Do Artists Feel about AI-Generated Art?

Artificial intelligence (AI) is gaining traction in almost all industries, including the creative world. The emergence of AI-generated artwork has caught on as people seek to express their creativity through artwork that is unique, personalized, and reflects their identity. Tools like Google's Imagen, OpenAI DALLE-2, Midjourney, and Stable Diffusion are raising in popularity for generating artwork in seconds. While the process of creating art using AI is still largely accessible to the average person, there are challenges due to limited interaction and output that the average person has with tools like Imagen & DALLE-2 as well as concerns about how this technology may change the way we engage with art in the future. Stable Diffusion, on the other hand, is open-sourced and aims to make AI artwork and photo generation even more accessible and versatile compared to some of its counterparts.