I know next to nothing about AI programming, and I am not an artist, but I strongly encourage anyone who can find a good AI imaging application to experiment, play, and work with one. I use a number of AI imaging apps, all of which are a wonder to behold, IMO. My appreciation is in the creation of these apps. It takes extraordinary creative and technical skill to make an application such as Studio Artist (from Synthetik), or any of the others I've tried from the Topaz Group. I use my own photographs as original baseline imaging, then, especially in Studio Artist, alter the image (a "synthesis"
to make something not quite like an edit, but more like a creation of a very new image. I've done hundreds of these images and post them on Facebook, send them to friends, and otherwise, compile a database of images that can be displayed as digital artwork. Perhaps in the near future, I'll create a business plan for selling them.
What I discovered by using AI for imaging and artwork is how difficult and amazing it is for handmade artwork to be created by conventional artists. Artists develop skills that I can only dream of. But what is also a significant accomplishment is the creation of software that can make images that have real human appeal by the use of a computer. AI is NOT phony. It's not less than human. Indeed, it's entirely human: made by ingenious programmers who are, in their own right, artists themselves.
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