{"id":46627,"date":"2025-04-02T20:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=46627"},"modified":"2025-04-02T20:05:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T11:05:43","slug":"is-generative-ai-art-linked-to-gambling-addiction-japanese-manga-artist-proposes-interesting-gacha-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/is-generative-ai-art-linked-to-gambling-addiction-japanese-manga-artist-proposes-interesting-gacha-theory\/","title":{"rendered":"Is generative AI art linked to gambling addiction? Japanese manga artist proposes interesting \u201cgacha\u201d theory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As AI technology becomes more accessible than ever, questions are being raised about how the usage of generative AI affects people on a daily basis. While many people are pointing out ethical and legal issues concerning AI art, the AI debate on the Japanese side of X is taking a slightly different direction, with users proposing that there might be a \u201cgambling side\u201d to AI that&#8217;s addicting to the user.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The similarities between AI art and gacha game-like mechanics were addressed when a graphic designer posted their recent AI generated work on their X account with the caption: \u201cI hit the jackpot with this prompt.\u201d In response to that, another Japanese X user quoted the post, saying: \u201cYou worded it as if it were a gacha. It\u2019s obvious that generative AI is not about creativity.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u5b8c\u5168\u306b\u8a00\u3044\u65b9\u304c\u30ac\u30c1\u30e3\u306e\u305d\u308c\u3002<br>\u751f\u6210AI\u304c\u5275\u4f5c\u3067\u306f\u7121\u3044\u306e\u304c\u3088\u304f\u5206\u304b\u308b\u3002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RvZfcl5v5S\">https:\/\/t.co\/RvZfcl5v5S<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u30b5\u30af\u30b5\u30af\u4e8c\u4e57 (@Viktor_Chernov_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Viktor_Chernov_\/status\/1906265578236694975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 30, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The post amassed more than 14,000 likes and over 770,000 impressions, initiating a discussion about the psychology behind generating AI images. Many X users agreed with the idea that generative AI is like a gacha game \u2013 it takes many tries until you\u2019re able to generate the kind of image you want, which puts the \u201cgambling\u201d factor of image generation in the forefront, completely ignoring the creative process of art making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A published manga artist quoted the post with his opinion on the topic, garnering more than 270,000 impressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u8208\u5473\u6df1\u3044\u3002<br>\u751f\u6210AI\u30e6\u30fc\u30b6\u30fc\u306e\u591a\u304f\u304c\u30ac\u30c1\u30e3\u611f\u899a\u3060\u3068\u3057\u305f\u3089\u3001\u591a\u304f\u306e\u30cf\u30ba\u30ec\u306e\u4e2d\u3067\u300c\u5f53\u305f\u308a\u300d\u304c\u51fa\u308b\u611f\u899a\u306b\u30cf\u30de\u3063\u3066\u4f9d\u5b58\u306b\u8fd1\u3044\u72b6\u614b\u306b\u306a\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u3068\u3044\u3046\u3053\u3068\u306b\u306a\u308a\u307e\u3059\u3002<br><br>\u2026\u3060\u3068\u3059\u308b\u3068\u751f\u6210AI\u306e\u554f\u984c\u70b9\u3092\u3044\u304f\u3089\u6307\u6458\u3057\u3066\u3082\u805e\u304d\u5165\u308c\u305a\u53cd\u6483\u3059\u308b\u306e\u3082\u5f53\u7136\u304b\u3002\u9152\u4f9d\u5b58\u75c7\u306e\u4eba\u304b\u3089\u9152\u53d6\u308a\u4e0a\u3052\u3088\u3046\u3068\u3059\u308b\u3088\u3046\u306a\u3082\u306e\u3060\u3082\u306e <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/A4k1ASgvA4\">https:\/\/t.co\/A4k1ASgvA4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u305f\u4ecb (@BigotVinus) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BigotVinus\/status\/1906658704365429167?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 31, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He expands further on the original poster\u2019s point of view, expressing that, in the midst of the AI craze, many people seem to get hooked on the sensation of generating images, doing it over and over until they hit the jackpot with just the right one \u2013 hinting that this could possibly be some type of addictive behavior. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Others disagreed with the post, arguing that the creative process itself, whether it be drawing, painting, writing or anything else, can in fact be like a gacha too, because there is always a huge difference between \u201cwhat you wanted to create\u201d and \u201cwhat you ended up creating.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related Articles: <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/persona-and-shin-megami-tensei-artist-kazuma-kanekos-new-game-has-a-card-generating-ai-trained-on-his-own-art\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Persona and Shin Megami Tensei artist Kazuma Kaneko\u2019s new game has a card generating AI trained on his own art<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/game-development\/capcom-is-experimenting-with-generative-ai-to-help-generate-the-hundreds-of-thousands-of-ideas-needed-for-game-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capcom is experimenting with generative AI to help generate the \u201chundreds of thousands of ideas needed for game development\u201d <\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese X users point out that the usage of generative AI may be linked to addictive behavior &#8211; likening AI art generation to gacha games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":46628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,65],"tags":[67,17],"class_list":["post-46627","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-nongaming-news","tag-ai","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Is generative AI art linked to gambling addiction? 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