Tattoo artists fume over AI designs, liken it to 'doing sports on steroids'
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Artificial intelligence has been deemed a threat to multiple industries, and now, tattoo experts are saying it’s already left a scar on their industry.
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Several designers have copped to using AI software to create elaborate mock-up designs to be etched on humans — a task that used to be part of the artist’s creative job.
“It just outperforms people,” tattooer Ziggy Tramdaks told the Wall Street Journal. “AI will take over this industry whether we want it to or not.”
“You’re essentially cheating,” Matt Doherty, a 41-year-old ink artist in Sicklerville, NJ, told the Journal.
“It’s like doing sports on steroids,” he added.
The meteoric rise in popularity of AI language learning models like ChatGPT has made graphic design work feasible for anyone, even those who aren’t considered tech-savvy.
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