AI don’t know about you, but I think AI is creating a lot of weird gray areas – especially in art.

In this story, one friend told another that AI is not “real art,” and in a microcosm of the larger discussion, the two of them just can’t agree.

Was he being digitally manipulative, or just honest?

Check out the details and decide for yourself.

AITA for telling my friend his AI art isn’t real creativity?

My friend has recently gotten into AI-generated art using tools like Midjourney and Stable Diffusion.

He’s been posting his AI-generated images on social media, calling them his “original artwork,” and getting a lot of praise.

He even started referring to himself as a “digital artist” in his bio.

I mean, do we really need to give this a label?

At first, I thought it was cool, but then I noticed he was acting like he put in the same effort as someone who paints or draws from scratch.

He’d tweak prompts a bit, upscale the images, maybe do minor edits, but the bulk of the work was AI-generated.

I casually mentioned that while AI art is impressive, it’s not the same as traditional creativity –  it’s more like curation than creation.

He got really defensive, saying that crafting the right prompt and refining the output is an art form.

Thou dost protest too much, bro.

I argued that while it takes some skill, it’s not comparable to actually illustrating or painting something yourself.

He accused me of gatekeeping and trying to diminish his work.

Since then, things have been weird between us.

Some mutual friends think I was just being honest, while others say I was rude.

Opinions are split here…

I didn’t mean to put him down just stating my opinion. AITA?

So let’s look to the comments.

This user says NTA but your friend’s new artist person is.

This poster says you can’t buy your cake and bake it too.

Another person says, you want fries with that ego?

This commenter’s just like, nope, nah, NAH.

Yet another user points out, she is right.

Turns out, communication is more of an art form than AI art.

And it’s just as hard sometimes.

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