@akjcv i don't think you DO have to say “make art with intention”. i think what you need to say is “learn how to recognize intention within art”. A·I art is only compelling because art criticism has languished, and the vocabulary for talking about why webcomics are compelling (in a way A·I can’t capture) won’t come from an analysis of their technical features. it will come from learning the language of webcomics and understanding why A·I doesn’t (and can’t) speak it.

but this isn’t just true of webcomics. A·I doesn’t (and can’t) speak ANY language. we mostly don’t need to teach people how to recognize A·I writing because it’s kind of obvious. we don't need to say things like “write large paragraphs with long, complex sentences because A·I is fundamentally bad at maintaining a consistent thread thru them”, even tho that may be true. it’s kind of beside the point

so why are we saying things like that about visual art?