Hi everyone, I kind of abandoned this account but I'm coming back because I am mad ♡
So here's my thoughts about about art competitions, AI art, and the Stride K12 schools.
Every year, the Stride online school company hosts a national art competition for students. This is the 18th annual competition, and the total prize pool adds up to $20,000. And this year, they've included AI-generated images into a category, with these prizes totaling $2,000.
(By the way, to clear up any confusion: There are four grade bands, and each group gets $500, totaling in $2,000. $2,000 for AI generated stuff that doesn't have an ounce of creativity is WILD.)
I can't even begin to express how disappointed I am right now. If you're a part of the Stride school system, PLEASE contact them and pressure them to get rid of this category. The competition deadline is March 25.
There are over 2 million students enrolled in Stride schools. If even a fraction of us band together, I think we can make a difference.
And I do want to say: I don't have any problem with these art competitions. I think they're amazing, I've entered them before, and I've even won once. But the fact that they're including AI just makes me so uncomfortable. I think you SHOULD enter these if you want to gain recognition for your art, but AI receiving hundreds of dollars worth of competition prizes is just so extremely immoral in my opinion.