Wow this might be the first time I disagree with the anti-AI folks here. The big two arguments I see about using AI is 1) It was generated from stolen art and 2) It takes money out of the hands of real artists.

For 1, Pandora’s box is open. It’s done. It doesn’t make it right, and I’m all for backing lawsuits against companies who did it, but I’m not going to pile onto a person who just had a joke idea and wanted to get it out there. “But he shouldn’t use it at all” - yeah, except that gets into 2.

For 2, This was a silly thing that they wanted to make quick. Let’s be very real, there was no way they were going to commission an artist to do this for them. In this way I think AI has democratized art a bit more in this sense. No, it’s not winning any awards, but I’ll admit I’ve had a lot of ideas to make a joke or meme, and I’ve felt left out because all I want to do is post it quick but I don’t have the ability to draw. I have a lot of other skills, but I can’t draw. So yeah, I don’t get why this is such a big deal here, no creators lost out on a commission because of this.

Those who went to Art School, I fully believe in your craft and I value it, and I gladly pay for art around my house. This isn’t that though, it’s a silly comic strip I got a quick 3 second chuckle out of and then could have moved on if it wasn’t for the endless comments below that made me want to post this comment. To me, this is a perfectly valid use of AI. Person had a silly joke idea, made a visual for silly joke, put it online.