Setting aside the usual arguments on the anti- and pro-AI art debate and the nature of creativity itself, perhaps the negative reaction that the Redditor encountered is part of a sea change in opinion among many people that think corporate AI platforms are exploitive and extractive in nature because their datasets rely on copyrighted material without the original artists’ permission. And that’s without getting into AI’s negative drag on the environment.
I mean I agree that AI is stolen because of its basis and all, but the 5 hours weren’t just hitting regenerate, they were likely consisting of changing extensive parameters and such. Have you seen the insanely long prompts people write that are only half comprehensible?
Whether the stuff is art is questionable, effort did go in though
That’s fair. I’ll admit I’ve not done it myself, I’ve only seen folks talking about it – and of the people I personally know that have done it, the activity has been described as clicking regenerate until you like the results.