Living legend William Shatner xweeted out a copy of his new album Sunday, something called Where Will the Animals Sleep: Songs for Kids and Other Living Things. Immediately, he found himself under social media fire for using what people assumed was AI-generated art on the cover.
You can pre-order my new children’s album on Amazon: https://t.co/CFiRzv8Lpw pic.twitter.com/jfvJfopdKX
— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) April 21, 2024
The complaints boiled down to artists losing their jobs to AI computers, as though all kinds of people haven’t lost their jobs over the last five decades to computers.
What makes these crybaby artists so special?
“Please don’t use AI cover. Kids deserve more than AI salad,” whined one xweeter.
“This is gross,” xweeted another. “Step back from your doubling down on this, reflect, support actual artists and, you know, be the person…
