So it begins - #🖼📷Art vs #Artificial Intelligence.  Who’s side are you on in this case? 
The moderators of Reddit's r/Art subreddit ripped artist Ben Moral's ethereal digital print to shreds after they banned the work, having determined it was A.I.-generated. Despite Moral's protestations and proof that the digital print was not A.I.-generated, the moderators did not budge but roasted him instead, encouraging the artist to "find a different style" because "A.I. can do better in seconds what might take you hours."

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'I Don't Believe You:' Artist Banned from r/Art Because Mods Thought They Used AI

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So it begins - #🖼📷Art vs #Artificial Intelligence.  Who’s side are you on in this case?  The moderators of Reddit's r/Art subreddit ripped artist Ben Moral's ethereal digital print to shreds after they banned the work, having determined it was A.I.-generated. Despite Moral's protestations and proof that the digital print was not A.I.-generated, the moderators did not budge but roasted him instead, encouraging the artist to "find a different style" because "A.I. can do better in seconds what might take you hours." 'I Don't Believe You:' Artist Banned from r/Art Because Mods Thought They Used AI Moderators for the 22 million member forum banned someone for making an illustration that too closely resembled AI-generated art. https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3p9yg/artist-banned-from-art-reddit

Studio Ghibli fans are taking a stand against AI art in its fan subreddit after users realized they could generate Ghibli-like images on ChatGPT. 

https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/studio-ghibli-hasnt-commented-on-openais-onslaught-of-ai-copies-but-the-fan-subreddit-has/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

Studio Ghibli fans are taking a stand against AI art in its fan subreddit after users realized they could generate Ghibli-like images on ChatGPT.   https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/03/studio-ghibli-hasnt-commented-on-openais-onslaught-of-ai-copies-but-the-fan-subreddit-has/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

When OpenAI debuted its image-generation feature in ChatGPT last week, social media exploded when users realized that they could make AI-generated images

Studio Ghibli hasn't commented on OpenAI's onslaught of AI copies, but the fan subreddit has | TechCrunch

Sam Mendoza

Does this show that a lot of people prefer #🖼📷Art created by artists?   
30 days isn't much time to evaluate how well it could do. I'd be interested in hearing about results after 90 days, or perhaps 6 months. 

 #Artificial Intelligence art does have a fan base...

https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/i-tried-to-sell-ai-art-for-30-days-and-this-happened-6ef9002d12be

Does this show that a lot of people prefer #🖼📷Art created by artists?    30 days isn't much time to evaluate how well it could do. I'd be interested in hearing about results after 90 days, or perhaps 6 months.    #Artificial Intelligence art does have a fan base...  https://medium.com/write-a-catalyst/i-tried-to-sell-ai-art-for-30-days-and-this-happened-6ef9002d12be

I Sold AI Art for 30 Days And Here’s My Profit

A photographer was disqualified from a photo contest after his real photo won in the AI image category. “I wanted to show that nature can still beat the machine and that there is still merit in real work from real creatives,” Miles Astray told PetaPixel.

https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/photographer-disqualified-from-ai-image-contest-after-winning-with-real-photo/

A photographer was disqualified from a photo contest after his real photo won in the AI image category. “I wanted to show that nature can still beat the machine and that there is still merit in real work from real creatives,” Miles Astray told PetaPixel.  https://petapixel.com/2024/06/12/photographer-disqualified-from-ai-image-contest-after-winning-with-real-photo/

Photographer Disqualified From AI Image Contest After Winning With Real Photo

A database allegedly listing thousands of artists whose styles Midjourney's AI image generator can mimic was shared publicly, sparking criticism on social media. The Google spreadsheet, called "Midjourney Style List," lists 16,000 artists, including Frida Kahlo, Walt Disney, Banksy, Yayoi Kusama, David Hockney, and KAWS.

https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/famous-artists-trained-ai-generator-viral-list-rcna131995

A database allegedly listing thousands of artists whose styles Midjourney's AI image generator can mimic was shared publicly, sparking criticism on social media. The Google spreadsheet, called "Midjourney Style List," lists 16,000 artists, including Frida Kahlo, Walt Disney, Banksy, Yayoi Kusama, David Hockney, and KAWS.  https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/famous-artists-trained-ai-generator-viral-list-rcna131995

The list has underscored many artists’ frustrations with the lack of regulation around AI-generated art.

A list going viral reveals famous artists whose work was used to train AI generator

Nate

Tired of being ripped of by #Artificial Intelligence companies, artists are booby trapping their work

https://medium.com/enrique-dans/tired-of-being-ripped-of-by-ai-companies-artists-are-booby-trapping-their-work-5b169536d43a#bypass

Tired of being ripped of by #Artificial Intelligence companies, artists are booby trapping their work  https://medium.com/enrique-dans/tired-of-being-ripped-of-by-ai-companies-artists-are-booby-trapping-their-work-5b169536d43a#bypass

It wasn’t long after the appearance of Dall-E, followed by other generative image processing algorithms such as Midjourney or Stable…

D J

A group of likeminded people in Artificial Intelligence are talking about this.