Artists Against Ai

Artists Against Ai is a group for artists by artists. Our mission is to combat the evil Ai robots and fight for human art.

Real artists oppose generative AI due to unauthorized data scraping, economic exploitation, and the devaluation of human creativity.

Core Grievances

• Non-Consensual Scraping: Tech companies train models on billions of copyrighted works harvested from the internet without artist permission or compensation. [1, 2, 3]

• Livelihood Threat: Generative tools are marketed as cheap alternatives to human labor, undercutting the economic viability of illustrators, designers, and creatives. [1, 2]

• Loss of Meaning: True art requires a lived human experience and personal intent; automated generation reduces creative expression to algorithmic mimicry. [1, 2, 3, 4]

Forms of Resistance

• Legal Action: Creators and groups have launched major class-action lawsuits against major generator platforms for copyright infringement. [1, 2]

• Anti-Slop Directives: Communities actively reject AI-generated media, pushing for "human-made" verification labels and organizing boycotts against companies utilizing synthetic assets. [1, 2, 3, 4]

When AI Checkers Get It Wrong

False positives (real photos flagged as AI):

• Heavily retouched professional photography

• Studio portraits with perfect lighting

• HDR photos with high dynamic range processing

• Macro photography with unusual depth of field

AI Overview

: Photoshop alternatives include 

Affinity Photo (pro paid), GIMP (free, powerful), and Photopea (free, browser-based, mimics PS UI). These offer robust layering, masking, and retouching tools, with Affinity Photo often considered the best paid alternative. 

Top Non-AI Photo Editing Alternatives

• Affinity Photo: Frequently cited as the closest, most powerful professional alternative with a one-time purchase fee, focusing on traditional editing.

• GIMP (GNU Image Manipulation Program): A top free, open-source choice. It is highly capable for high-res work, though it has a steeper learning curve.

• Photopea: A free, web-based photo editor that closely replicates Photoshop's interface and supports PSD files, requiring no AI features.

• Paint.NET: A free, user-friendly editor for Windows, ideal for faster editing, layers, and basic adjustments.

• You can watch this video to see how Krita serves as a free alternative to Photoshop:

- Users on platforms like Reddit r/wacom have pointed out that both Wacom and Huion have occasionally faced community backlash for using AI-assisted or AI-generated imagery in their promotional social media ads or marketing newsletters. [1, 2, 3] -   Huion has also faced criticism for hosting or promoting general digital design/AI tool courses on their regional storefronts, which separate from the physical capability of the drawing hardware. [1, 2]Wacom, Xencelabs, or Huion) and basic operating system. Instead, AI art features are found inside specific standalone creative devices or software programs. [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

•  Guys I’m SO sorry we lost many of your emails with your messages to Post! Our Webmaster has fixed the problem. Please feel free to continue sending your messages or now you can post them yourself.   The whole issue of AI inside our world of ART has definitely become  CONTROVERTIAL topic.   

      WHO’S FAULT IS IT? 

• Who do you think? Corporations, Companies, people that need a Logo, or a portrait, or a writer that wants to see his vision in a comic book BUT, instead of paying us ARTISTS they rather go to someone that can take a few minutes using AI because they pay a lot less.  I know of many artists who have lost their jobs, lowering their work value to stay in the industry.   As long as there are corporations, and clients that are willing to go the cheaper way, us artists will have to find other ways. Which reminds me,  During the recents Art event and Photo Magic event in Miami’s CON - There were a number of issues between real artists and AI reps showcasing their new art programs , YES the ones we find inside must artists computers and or the APPS. SO,   Right then and there a number of these new kids, the new generation that don’t care said it publicly - WE got no issue using AI and my clients love the fast release of the project.