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A free set of... cute monsters?

A topic by TrulyMalicious created Oct 10, 2023 Views: 411 Replies: 5
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Some more 2D assets for everyone for free!
Skeletons, imps, golems or dragons... 24 cute monsters to followup on my Potion Set from yesterday. More asset packs to come soon, follow for more!

DownloadCute monster set

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Dude, we know you're using A.I. to make these models. This is a spit in the face to actual artists 


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I'm not a fan of AI-art either, but "a spit to the face to actual artists" is a bit harsh. I think both can co-exist. And even if AI gets better than us at art -which it never 100% will IMHO- then that's just how it is. Are cars a spit in the face to coachman with their horse carriage?

@TrulyMalicious Some of the pieces have blue lighting and some don't. Also the ones with blue lighting have the light coming from different angles. But this is really good quality and it's free! <3

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A.I. generated art is trained using images created by artists without the artists permission. Now, many people choose to use A.I. generated art instead of paying actual artists.

So, art is stolen from artists to train the A.I. and then jobs are stolen from artists because people use the A.I. I am not being harsh, I am pointing to the fact that A.I. generated art is unethical but you don't want to care because "it's free!" and more convenient.

This isn't about innovation, it's about stealing from artists.

Also, art generated by A.I. automatically cannot be copyrighted according to U.S. law. Due to the legal ramifications this could have for game devs, people like malicious here should atleast warn people that what he's offering cannot be copyrighted because it was generated by a computer.

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Oh yeah I forgot about the AI training part. Thanks for reminding me. There are loads of scam-y practices going on there. If trained using only art with permission then I wouldn't find it unethical. But we know that's not going to happen and is practically impossible to inspect.

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I too would be okay with A.I. if the developers had just used images they had permission to use (or that were in the public domain). But, yeah, pandora's box is already open, and there's not much we can do now but encourage people to use A.I. art responsibly (e.g. for brainstorming, as a placeholder, etc.)