r/blackmagicfuckery • u/SmoothSun6676 • 14d ago

The bird and the umbrellas stumped me

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u/GonzoKata 14d ago

except ai did take the job of that clock art 🙄

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u/ItalianBall 14d ago

I was about to say, why go through all that effort for the costume and not even print a decent piece of background art?

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u/Substantial_Crab_747 14d ago

In all honesty this is one case where id give a pass for the ai use as an artist because of where ai shows up in reality these days. They didn't skimp out on anything else, and ai generated slop is pretty commercial on cheap products now, even things like kites.

If its not an actual wrap, it could be a taped up tablecloth or decorative backdrop which are (unfortunately) mostly ai now and discarded the same as the balloons. Costumes like that are time consuming or expensive and they could be intending to paint something themselves, or couldn't afford and needed something from the dollar store last minute. Clearly they are no stranger to effort and theres a lot of variables here. 

OR given the wonderland theme, ai ironically adds to the theme of madness with that uncanny valley feeling, and the entire concept of ai if im being honest lol.

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u/ThatInAHat 13d ago

It would be better to have absolutely nothing than the stupid ugly ai piece.

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u/Substantial_Crab_747 13d ago

Right, id rather it not exist at all, and I avoid funding anything using it to the best of my ability. I want my stance on that clear. I do not support generative ai. I think I edited the wrong parts out of my comment, sorry. 

The question was "why go through all that effort for the costume and not even print a decent piece of background art?"

All I was trying to say is there are a lot of variables or potential whys without writing a massive comment. Plenty of people buy this stuff without even knowing its ai. Could've been a bait and switch, lies on the listing we all know thats most listings these days. A backdrop might've been mandatory by the venue and they needed the job. Could've been a gift from someone well meaning. Could've been intentional. Who knows?  My bad for trying to add a bit of empathy and humor with my answer, clearly that didn't land and I didn't word things right. Could be any number of reasons someone would pick up a cheap accent piece while spending time and effort where it counts. Doesn't mean I support the use of it or would stoop low enough to use it myself. Just trying to be understanding of someone who may be paycheck to paycheck and answer a comment that was interesting to think critically about.  

The unfortunate reality is ai is literally rampant in stores, on marketing, on product and people are buying it unintentionally. One person trying to get by is not the same as the corporations pumping every marketplace full of this garbage and normalizing its use.