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Artist in the AI age starter pack

A starter pack meme depicting the experiences of an artist navigating the AI age, consisting of six panels with images and explanatory text. Panel 1: A person painting with real paint, text reads 'You learned to use real paint because AI can't make real paintings and stuck to it because it sells better'. Panel 2: A broken screen with a red 'X', text states 'You stopped watching Black Mirror because you're already in it'. Panel 3: An anime-style girl, text explains 'Companies give you AI slop to use as reference to recreate from because they realized it makes them look like scammers'. Panel 4: A sign reading 'SECRETS TO TAKE TO THE GRAVE', text notes 'You used ai art generators at some point out of curiosity but never posted about it or told anyone'. Panel 5: Three people pointing, text says 'AI bros taking the piss out of me not realizing their jobs are next'. Panel 6: A person lying on a bed, text concludes 'The first time you had to specifically tag yourself as a (human) artist still gives you existential dread'.
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Artist in the AI age starter pack

Overview

A starter pack meme depicting the experiences of an artist navigating the AI age, consisting of six panels with images and explanatory text. Panel 1: A person painting with real paint, text reads 'You learned to use real paint because AI can't make real paintings and stuck to it because it sells better'. Panel 2: A broken screen with a red 'X', text states 'You stopped watching Black Mirror because you're already in it'. Panel 3: An anime-style girl, text explains 'Companies give you AI slop to use as reference to recreate from because they realized it makes them look like scammers'. Panel 4: A sign reading 'SECRETS TO TAKE TO THE GRAVE', text notes 'You used ai art generators at some point out of curiosity but never posted about it or told anyone'. Panel 5: Three people pointing, text says 'AI bros taking the piss out of me not realizing their jobs are next'. Panel 6: A person lying on a bed, text concludes 'The first time you had to specifically tag yourself as a (human) artist still gives you existential dread'.

Origin notes

The meme originates from Reddit, as indicated by the source 'Reddit:Meme', with the original title 'My job experience so far'. It appears to be a user-created collage reflecting personal or relatable experiences of an artist dealing with the impact of AI on their profession, combining various images (photographs, anime-style art, signs) with explanatory text to form a 'starter pack' format, a common meme structure listing typical traits or experiences.

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