u/Agitated_Fishing4304

I've done this a few times, it (as all ocd bullshit goes) never reassured me. But it really sucks because I feel the need to do this constantly. I'm an adult and expected to network for my job but I struggle to bring myself to do it. im just convinced that the majority of people I've met think negatively of me and will spread the news to everyone, ruining my chances with people before I even meet them. It makes me scared to put myself out there because then more people know me and can therefore, talk about me. I want to put myself out there and live a life feeling safe. It feels like I would need to come out with a huge PSA about how Im/was strange and imperfect and doing my best to not bother people but that's not rational... Neither is the urge to move countries, learn a new language and change my name but oh well.. anyway that's that. Advice is welcomed i just struggle to imagine something that would help with this

Thank you all :)

In my opinion, as soon as algorithms started dictating who's art gets attention, the point and spirit of creating art started getting lost.

I find little interest in art that exists for the sole purpose of pleasing an algorithm and getting as popular as possible. It doesn't speak much, it follows trends instead of thinking outside the box... Etc it's not "bad" art it's just not super interesting to me, at most I might analyze whatever tactic was used to catch the algorithms eye...

I sincerely miss the 2010s where art online was "weirder" and more "personal"

AI is just the next level of this phenomenon to me, it's a built-in algorithm to generate homogenous images that could be palatable to as many people as possible and therefore, lack flavor, but nuclear because it can create a gazillion images in a few minutes, it accelerates the homogenisation of art through algorithms and social media.

Sure some "ai artists" ask their generator to put meaning in there, their prompt might be an artful metaphor, but presenting it through an autonomously generated image defeats the point. It distracts from the message more than it adds to it. I think people are better off turning their prompts into written poems or typography images or straight up just a post. If they want to say something but don't want to put effort in saying it though visual art, they should just say it with words, less would be lost in translation + not everything has to be art or an image. I can express or vent my emotions without needing a picture to go with it, I can paint a picture in people's minds with just words.

Our ability to communicate with such depth is what makes us so unique as a species, we should honor this more

edit: typo