so much fiction is made by fundamentally knowledgeless people. Fantasy whose authress knows nothing of history, biology, or anthropology, only other fantasy. Cyberpunk writress with no understanding of political theory, sociology, or technology.
We increasingly live in a world without primary sources, or even secondary sources as the average creative is increasingly uncultured, only tertiary; ideas laundered until any context is sanded away. The median artist a dog that's never eaten food, only other dogs' vomit, some only their own vomit as franchises stumble through decades of self-referential undeath.
So much vitriol against AI art is that it is the previous norm at its most efficient: a mechanical dog that can imagine other dogs' vomit and conjure her own without first heaving.
I can't recommend enough this book:
And it states the following in its Introduction:
In our arts climate, historical education and art training are often considered
antithetical to genius. Rising artists are frequently expected to tap their knowl-
edge directly from the ether, disconnected from history and labor. However,
when the instincts of the individual are elevated above education, the artist can
become stuck in a perpetual adolescence where his passion outstrips his ability
to perform. A far more powerful art form is created when artists seek to first
master the craft of art and then use it to express their individuality. As the
British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds said in 1767, "Rules are not the fetters of
genius, they are the fetters of men with no genius."
