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It's not like it was ever going to even if it wanted. Smart marketing move.

Groxx 2y ago
iOS allows AI generators in the app store, and Procreate is a very successful and actively developed app. They absolutely could. They are choosing not to.
- vsuperpower2021 2y ago
  You'd think it would too since apple openly advertises how good the newer hardware is at AI. No idea where the above user got the idea that they had no ability to do that.
  - jaimex2 2y ago
    Apple can advertise whatever they like. Not that it'll change any iSheep minds but it takes around 30 seconds to generate an image on the best iOS hardware and blows through battery. So they would have to do an online implementation like every other shitty AI app.
    - Groxx 2y ago
      And... how exactly would that prevent them from doing so?
      - jaimex2 2y ago
        Other than being a crap experience Apple would likely reject the app update under the app responsiveness, performance and resource usage guidelines.
        Groxx 2y ago
        Uh huh. Just like all the other apps doing exactly that, many of which have many more installs than Procreate. I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that Apple doesn't allow this. There's overwhelming evidence that they do.
        jaimex2 2y ago
        Name one.
        Groxx 2y ago
        Let's go with the elephant in the room: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069
        jaimex2 2y ago
        That's not a local model. Congrats now it doesn't work offline and burns money like Pablo Escobar's final days.
- Hoasi 2y ago
  AI wouldn't help their app in the slightest. Taking an anti "AI" stance aligns with their business. It's a perfectly rational decision. Now, that doesn't take anything away from being a heartfelt decision, too.
kevingadd 2y ago
Lots of paint software has been adding AI. So why wouldn't Procreate in particular?
- add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
  Not everyone in the industry is an NPC chasing the Current Thing.
  - ronsor 2y ago
    Bold of you to assume hating AI isn't the "Current Thing" among online artists. Blind decisionmaking is bad. It's perfectly fine if Procreate devs don't want to add AI features. I simply find it distasteful to present it as a moral position (as people are wont to do with so many things nowadays) or groundbreaking perspective. It's a preference - which should be respected - but just a preference.
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    - Groxx 2y ago
      It would be "just a preference" if there were no external impacts from making that decision. But there are. And they're quite large. That's why it's so contentious, and why people directly impacted by it take issue with it.
- vouaobrasil 2y ago
  Because differentiation makes sense, and there are many people out there who hate AI.

iOS allows AI generators in the app store, and Procreate is a very successful and actively developed app. They absolutely could. They are choosing not to.

vsuperpower2021 2y ago
You'd think it would too since apple openly advertises how good the newer hardware is at AI. No idea where the above user got the idea that they had no ability to do that.
- jaimex2 2y ago
  Apple can advertise whatever they like. Not that it'll change any iSheep minds but it takes around 30 seconds to generate an image on the best iOS hardware and blows through battery. So they would have to do an online implementation like every other shitty AI app.
  - Groxx 2y ago
    And... how exactly would that prevent them from doing so?
    - jaimex2 2y ago
      Other than being a crap experience Apple would likely reject the app update under the app responsiveness, performance and resource usage guidelines.
      - Groxx 2y ago
        Uh huh. Just like all the other apps doing exactly that, many of which have many more installs than Procreate. I'm not sure where you're getting the idea that Apple doesn't allow this. There's overwhelming evidence that they do.
        jaimex2 2y ago
        Name one.
        Groxx 2y ago
        Let's go with the elephant in the room: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/chatgpt/id6448311069
        jaimex2 2y ago
        That's not a local model. Congrats now it doesn't work offline and burns money like Pablo Escobar's final days.
Hoasi 2y ago
AI wouldn't help their app in the slightest. Taking an anti "AI" stance aligns with their business. It's a perfectly rational decision. Now, that doesn't take anything away from being a heartfelt decision, too.

kevingadd 2y ago

Lots of paint software has been adding AI. So why wouldn't Procreate in particular?

add-sub-mul-div 2y ago
Not everyone in the industry is an NPC chasing the Current Thing.
- ronsor 2y ago
  Bold of you to assume hating AI isn't the "Current Thing" among online artists. Blind decisionmaking is bad. It's perfectly fine if Procreate devs don't want to add AI features. I simply find it distasteful to present it as a moral position (as people are wont to do with so many things nowadays) or groundbreaking perspective. It's a preference - which should be respected - but just a preference.
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  - Groxx 2y ago
    It would be "just a preference" if there were no external impacts from making that decision. But there are. And they're quite large. That's why it's so contentious, and why people directly impacted by it take issue with it.
vouaobrasil 2y ago
Because differentiation makes sense, and there are many people out there who hate AI.