#Starterpacknoai: so the illustrators from all over the world are replicating the starter pack trend

“Starter Pack ”generated by the AI has become a real trend in a very short timebut there are those who are not so enthusiastic about it. These are illustrators and illustrators, but also designers and graphic designers, who for protest have decided to rebel against “technological” fashion of the moment, creating a human version of the “action figures” images generated by artificial intelligence.

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The protest started from France, when the illustrator @patouret published a “Starter Pack” self -portrait – entirely designed by him – declaring himself tired of the fashion of artificial images. His invitation to do the same, using the hashtag #starterpacknoai, He quickly found echo among creatives from all over the world.

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The goal? To say enough of too perfect, repetitive and without soul artificial images. But criticisms go beyond aesthetics: many creatives also denounce the environmental impact Untilized of the massive generation of IA content, which requires enormous quantities of energy and water.

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Without forgetting the employment node: the increasingly widespread use of artificial intelligence in the visual sector is removing space – and work – to illustrators, graphic designers and photographers.