I'm curious about the opinions of others when it comes to using AI. Some say using AI is no different than using a stock image, and there's stuff you want to use but just can't find. I know many people are completely against it - I would like to know your reasons. Some people may use it only for research and organising work. Some people may use it as an inspiration or help with visualising things, others may use assistance in creating stuff. What's your opinion and why?
For example, I think of it differently depending on the type of the project. If I treat it as art, I make everything. I don't use samples, unless I made them. If I only can, I prefer to have every sound recorded by me and even avoid synths. I do sometimes use bass and hi hats that are already in the app but I make all patterns from scratch. I don't use pitch correction.
However, when I make the video to my music, I think of it as a visual background to my audio (just so there's something more interesting than a picture). I make videos and animations myself, page by page. But sometimes I use generative AI for certain things (I always do realistic pictures or very simple "no style" drawings so I don't steal from anyone) - for example a simple generic silhouette in a specific position that I later usually trace or modify to use for my animation, an element of a background, etc. In this case my animated project isn't really art (in my opinion). When an animation is my goal - I make everything myself.
Sometimes I generate visual elements to arrange them myself, sometimes I do the opposite - I draw all the elements myself and then feed them to AI to arrange it for me. For example recently I "regenerated" my corridor to look like a hotel with a pattern on the walls that I drew earlier. Not gonna lie - there's too much junk in there and I needed a picture of a clear hallway with a specific arrangement of doors and specific pattern, to use as part of the background for my video.
I'm curious how others see it, where should we draw the line?