Please hear your community

Artists : I encourage you to share it too. Let Artstation hear our united voices !
Artstation : you've been a great place for artists of all kind and all levels since the fall of CGHub. You are part of Epic Games, most of the time our values and yours were perfectly aligned. Now the AI generated images are part of the world, we think artstation should bring tools, at least, to help artist keeping inspiration from other artists. Personally, AI art does not inspire me at all. It just makes me lose time when I see something "looking" interesting : now, I always have to double-check the painting details, and if they seem okay, check the artist profile and do some research just to make sure I'm not watching a stolen version of multiple artists. I heavily take care of whom I take inspiration from, there are lots of talented artists out there and each of them has something that I find special, it differs for everyone and helps build diverse artistic minds. This renews the images we see, the pictures that inspire us, or may inspire stories to writers, musicians...etc. AI art corrupts that renewal. It's important to face it, make tools that favour your community's growing in a good direction (which is as simple as "keep inspiring others"). Because AI is bound to what human artists create every day, its potential is in fact very limited. In the end, you will never reach a better world with this flooded content than the one us, artists, love to craft. When has Quantity ever proven over quality, especially in Art fields ? A stunning piece that inspires a lot of real humans is made by another human. It takes years of practice, to find other artists that shares some part of their mind, to sharpen one's skills. To find the tools they love to create with. To fail, but loving when we do, and learn how our imperfect lines makes our art beautifully vibrant and inspiring. And thus, how it will later elevate the next generation of artists. AI is just killing that by smudging the diversity, by discouraging future artists to keep thriving and hope their art will bring something new to the world. It steals their future for a few bucks, for a technology no one seriously asked for. And I state this here : even the smallest new idea a human artist have can change the world for the better, no matter the level. Please do something. Your are our only hope ♥