A Magic: The Gathering player has created a human version of the controversial AI art advert for the recent MTG set Ravnica Remastered using computer graphics software. The original advert caused outrage among fans due to its strange artifacting and nonsensical elements, leading to the Magic: The Gathering Twitter account initially insisting it was human drawn before admitting it was AI-generated. The Reddit user, CrunchSand, recreated the image to demonstrate that human-made art is still superior to AI art, while also poking fun at the situation. The new picture aimed to sort out the uncanny valley effect and make sense of the original’s strange elements. CrunchSand also changed the cards on display to AI-themed cards featuring Magic’s robotic villains, the Phyrexians. The artist’s goal was to show that they are better than AI and that human effort cannot be automated. The controversy surrounding the AI art has led to anger among fans and the RPG community, but the article suggests that getting mad at the MTG and DnD publisher may not be enough as AI art becomes more integrated into art tools like Photoshop.
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Fan mocks MTG’s AI art advert with better, human-drawn version
