💥Stop Calling Yourself the Creator – AI Is Not Your Muse
From the Flash Grenades series — a raw opinion from an artist who’s had enough of AI users claiming the creator’s title. Art takes struggle, emotion, and time. A prompt isn’t creation.
In recent months, I've watched with growing frustration as people flood social media and art platforms with AI-generated images and songs, proudly labeling themselves as "creators." Let me be clear: typing a prompt into a machine does not make you an artist. It makes you a user of a tool—nothing more.
I've paid for expensive education, spent years studying and living art, and pushed myself far beyond my comfort zone to reach milestones in my passion, my lifestyle, and my profession. I've sacrificed time, energy, and emotional safety to grow as an artist—not just to be seen as one by others, but to truly earn that title by my own standards.
So yes, I find it offensive when someone behind a keyboard dares to call themselves by the same title I've fought for. What took me years of dedication and discomfort to achieve is now being claimed in seconds by those who never walked the path.
Art is born from struggle, emotion, and intention. It's the result of countless hours spent refining a craft, making mistakes, and learning from them. When someone uploads an AI-generated image and claims authorship, they bypass that entire process. They skip the sweat, the soul, and the story.
I'm not against technology. I'm not even against AI-generated art. People are free to use AI as a tool, as a companion, even as a source of inspiration. But let's be clear: if you generate a song or an image in seconds with AI, who is the actual creator?
Not the human.
Creator: AI.
🔥 This is a Flash Grenade.
Anonymous. Unfiltered. Personal. The views expressed are those of the writer and do not reflect the official stance of ART Walkway.
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