Author rant incoming, but I don’t know what pisses me off more: lazy assholes who act like they’re ‘the real deal’ because they have an AI make a book or story for them.
Or actual authors who have no class solidarity & use AI slop for their covers.
I can’t be the only one who gets pissed at that. There is just so much here to say about how little solidarity there is between different types of creatives, how easily one group will get rid of another because they can save up on money or they already get most of the money. The recent strikes for actors and animators are proof enough that some people got theirs so they don’t care about other creatives.
But as a writer who’s dirt poor & STILL would never consider using AI for a book cover, I can’t help but be bloody disappointed in these people.
It’s like that adage of ‘if you couldn’t be bothered to make it, why should I be bothered to consume it?’ Except it’s ‘if you couldn’t be bothered to support a fellow creative, why should I support you?’
amhrancas 