Yeah, I view AI slop images like I would any copy-pasted meme image from years past. Technically, we were all violating copyright when we screenshotted images from random sites and news events and turned them into memes. Some photographer took those shots, and we stole them and used them for cheap laughs. And no one cared, because again, no one was going to pay to license a photo for a random internet forum or social. No photographer was going hungry because of meme images.
I feel like this is what people don’t see.
Yeah, I view AI slop images like I would any copy-pasted meme image from years past. Technically, we were all violating copyright when we screenshotted images from random sites and news events and turned them into memes. Some photographer took those shots, and we stole them and used them for cheap laughs. And no one cared, because again, no one was going to pay to license a photo for a random internet forum or social. No photographer was going hungry because of meme images.