I could understand these people using it all the time, because it is art without the art, without the deeper meaning, it is just "pretty pictures" and conservatives hate the idea of anything having deeper meaning, everything must be a surface level analysis to them.

[–] BeamBrain@hexbear.net 47 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Fashies despise and refuse to understand art and culture, and therefore they're easily suckered by fifth-rate imitations of it.

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 31 points 11 months ago

I think conservatives tend to have less artists. Its not like the current order treats most artists with much respect. This results in less art, but also less respect for paying artists (who are often seen as bohemian hippy types, however true that is). So AI art is a happy outcome for conservatives.

[–] The_Walkening@hexbear.net 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

I think it's less about making art in any sense than it is a way of visualizing ideology. The aesthetic issues and overall goofiness aren't an issue to them because they want to express the brainworms. Same reason that John McNaugton paints Trump in that weird, realist style you also see with religious stuff, like this (CW: Drug Use):

[–] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 23 points 11 months ago

That’s fucked up. I paid for that heroin and Jesus wants to be a free loader

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I guess they can't have deeper meaning behind their work because to express deeper meaning one needs to actually have something deeper behind it. There is a skull on the table because...drugs bad? All the imagery just reinforces the central idea, that taking drugs is bad because if you're shooting, jesus is the one really getting high.

edit: My rambling actual point is that they can't really express things in the abstract, everything has to be literal. AI is incapable of abstracting deliberately, as it just follows a prompt, so it is likely that they like it for this reason, there is no deeper meaning behind conservative art, and there is no deeper meaning behind AI art.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

its a memento mori innit. kinda badass.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

During the height of covid and the conservative reaction againat vaccine mandates, I had briefly thought it may had something to do with being afraid of the "ouchie", and this work sorta reaffirms that. Without that fear, this painting doesn't make any sense, just Jesus getting high on this guy's behalf.

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Shooting heroin next to my decorative skull

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Who wouldn't

Also it's not decorative, it's important for my phrenological studies

[–] LeZero@hexbear.net 3 points 11 months ago

Actually, my phrenology research came to me in a heroin induced stupor