'It seems that these programs contain no creative sense, they merely can generate art for something that basically already conceptualized.
With corporate censorship of “nude” and “erotic” it is not likely to be able to do much.
That is not to say that sometime in the future the software won’t be able to generate something of interest to Gays, but now it can’t.'
If this continues I'd highly suggest (to you and others) to not use A.I. programs for this and to just download and use the CGI art programs DAZ Studio, Poser and Carrera instead; you're only limited by your imagination using those programs, and after you make said artwork, you can post it in the knowledge that it was devised by you without any problems (and yes, I've seen a lot of nude artwork done with said above programs on DeviantArt.) Be warned, learning how to use them takes time.
Long-term, we need to overcome the current prudishness of society, and make people realize that there's nothing wrong with doing artistic nudes, especially doing them with an A.I. program.
Thanks for these inputs. I did some evaluating to see how much risk they were in regard to the existing Gay artists and realized not much. However, I think that artists need to realize what it is about their art that AI can't do. That is how their art exceeds being merely representational or photographic.
What was said by you reminds me of a blog post I came across a few years ago by a well-known gay playwright here in Canada, Sky Gilbert (be warned, this might be triggering):
I’m Afraid of ‘Woke People’ (for Vivek Shraya, upon reading her book -- I'm Afraid of Men)
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they divide humanity into either ‘us’ or ‘them.’
I’m afraid of “Woke People’ because they taught me to fear being gay. It was something that I worked very hard to be proud of, and now — once again — I am ashamed.
When I go to a theater event or a sexuality conference, I am careful not to dress in a sexual way, because I know that for many ‘Woke People’ it fits an evil gay stereotype.
When I go online I brace myself for the postings about how politically insensitive, hyper-sexual and super-rich gay men are.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they can’t see that I’m gay, but only that I’m a man.
When I send ‘Woke People’ emails, I have to go out of my way not to appear too gay, too sexual, or too irreverent. I do not want to offend them.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because if I mistakenly use the wrong pronoun to describe them, they may become furious and never forgive me.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because, for them, good intentions are not enough.
When I dress in drag, I fear I will be ‘dressed down’ by a “Woke Person,’ screamed at for enjoying appropriated music, for making fun of trans people, and for my camp sense of humor.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because when I appeal to them for generosity and kindness they see it as trying to make them weak.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because I am worried they will measure my lack of privilege against theirs, and find it wanting.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they have said to me ‘your time is up.’
When I see a group of ‘Woke People’ laughing and tittering in a corner, I can’t help but imagine they are laughing about me.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because my intersectionality does not have enough intersections.
''I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because our very human imaginations may not be able to survive the rigorous scrutiny of social justice.''*
''I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because I’m afraid they will kill art.''**
You see I believe (gulp!) that we should try and love everyone, even (gulp!) the people who hate us.
*(and **)/Notice what I emphasized with the dots: how said people have made doing art like this hard to do with A.I. , or just doing art in general, due to whatever paranoia they have.
'It seems that these programs contain no creative sense, they merely can generate art for something that basically already conceptualized.
With corporate censorship of “nude” and “erotic” it is not likely to be able to do much.
That is not to say that sometime in the future the software won’t be able to generate something of interest to Gays, but now it can’t.'
If this continues I'd highly suggest (to you and others) to not use A.I. programs for this and to just download and use the CGI art programs DAZ Studio, Poser and Carrera instead; you're only limited by your imagination using those programs, and after you make said artwork, you can post it in the knowledge that it was devised by you without any problems (and yes, I've seen a lot of nude artwork done with said above programs on DeviantArt.) Be warned, learning how to use them takes time.
Long-term, we need to overcome the current prudishness of society, and make people realize that there's nothing wrong with doing artistic nudes, especially doing them with an A.I. program.
Thanks for these inputs. I did some evaluating to see how much risk they were in regard to the existing Gay artists and realized not much. However, I think that artists need to realize what it is about their art that AI can't do. That is how their art exceeds being merely representational or photographic.
What was said by you reminds me of a blog post I came across a few years ago by a well-known gay playwright here in Canada, Sky Gilbert (be warned, this might be triggering):
I’m Afraid of ‘Woke People’ (for Vivek Shraya, upon reading her book -- I'm Afraid of Men)
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they divide humanity into either ‘us’ or ‘them.’
I’m afraid of “Woke People’ because they taught me to fear being gay. It was something that I worked very hard to be proud of, and now — once again — I am ashamed.
When I go to a theater event or a sexuality conference, I am careful not to dress in a sexual way, because I know that for many ‘Woke People’ it fits an evil gay stereotype.
When I go online I brace myself for the postings about how politically insensitive, hyper-sexual and super-rich gay men are.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they can’t see that I’m gay, but only that I’m a man.
When I send ‘Woke People’ emails, I have to go out of my way not to appear too gay, too sexual, or too irreverent. I do not want to offend them.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because if I mistakenly use the wrong pronoun to describe them, they may become furious and never forgive me.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because, for them, good intentions are not enough.
When I dress in drag, I fear I will be ‘dressed down’ by a “Woke Person,’ screamed at for enjoying appropriated music, for making fun of trans people, and for my camp sense of humor.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because when I appeal to them for generosity and kindness they see it as trying to make them weak.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because I am worried they will measure my lack of privilege against theirs, and find it wanting.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because they have said to me ‘your time is up.’
When I see a group of ‘Woke People’ laughing and tittering in a corner, I can’t help but imagine they are laughing about me.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because my intersectionality does not have enough intersections.
''I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because our very human imaginations may not be able to survive the rigorous scrutiny of social justice.''*
''I’m afraid of ‘Woke People’ because I’m afraid they will kill art.''**
You see I believe (gulp!) that we should try and love everyone, even (gulp!) the people who hate us.
I’m afraid of ‘Woke People,’ because — I’m sorry.
Because I’m sorry I exist.
http://skygilbert.blogspot.com/2018/11/im-afraid-of-woke-people.html
*(and **)/Notice what I emphasized with the dots: how said people have made doing art like this hard to do with A.I. , or just doing art in general, due to whatever paranoia they have.