2022/10 on rkempe’s blog

Mathematicians are very much like artists

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 15:36:22 -0400

Mathematicians are very much like artists in the sense that they won’t shut up about the need to “use your creativity.”

That being said I have yet to hear a math prof tell someone they need to take more creative risks, maybe that’s also in my future… hmm.

To the person who made an AI generator for Kim Jung Gi's art style

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 15:30:20 -0400

To the person on Twitter who made an AI generator for Kim Jung Gi’s art style immediately after his death and is now clamoring for credit, screw you.

AI art isn't for artists

Sun, 02 Oct 2022 23:35:23 -0400

You know what the missing piece of the puzzle was? It was that AI art isn’t for artists.

Like, it can be. But for the most part it isn’t.

Like, when you think about it, if you need a bowl, you can commission a ceramic artist to make a beautiful one for you, right? Or you can make one yourself, which will give you varying results depending on how skilled of a potter you are. Or you can just go buy a bowl at Dollarama, because you need a bowl, don’t have (or don’t want to spend) a shit ton of money, and Dollarama gives you enough choice that it’s not really worth dealing with a potter or becoming one. It’s just a bowl, for god’s sake. Who cares?