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samdutter t1_it7wbyz wrote

As an artist I am concerned it will be disruptive to established industry. I think individuals will have a lot more creative power.

But this speculation is about far more than just art. Every single industry is going to be facing an inflection point like this very soon. I bet that within the year the music industry is going to be having a similar situation. And then accounting/data jobs, then robotic labor, etc.

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Scrogwiggle t1_it885if wrote

I might switch from photo to a trade like a plumber. No lie

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Psiweapon t1_it89czo wrote

BUT AUTOMATION IS A PARADISELIKE FUTURE!!!! gif

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eddieguy t1_it8zk0j wrote

Sitting in a room brainstorming a business for AI to build sounds fun though

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thewhitedog t1_itjy4qp wrote

I'm a visual effects artist. A coworker of mine left the industry several years ago and literally started a plumbing business. He's got several trucks and a crew of guys, major contracts andhe is happy as fuck.

Meanwhile I stayed in, have been successful to the point of winning a bunch of awards including a bronze lion at Cannes for my work, but I'm fucking miserable and stressed out constantly.

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NapClub t1_it90tba wrote

There is a kind of art that can be replaced completely by ai and no one will notice or care, and its the most gruling animation related stuff especially.

When i say no one will care. I mean the consumers, the artists out of work will care.

That said all high end art is probably safe but thats a small number of individuals.

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daveinpublic t1_it9d0kt wrote

I don’t think it will lead to people being out of work. If anything I think Canva will be responsible for that, which isn’t really AI. It’s just well coded to create various combinations of designs without getting photoshop involved.

The AI art will just be one more tool an artist can use. If an artist wants to start from scratch they can. If they want to make 10 digital paintings a day they can use AI as inspiration and the first draft. People will not go out of work, there will just be much more work.

Once again, canva and apps like it are a different story, and take the place of a graphic designer for many companies.

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Tsuna404 t1_it9ccd8 wrote

I doubt it, those same artist will simply use the AI to improve or speed up their work, just like programmers, so things will likely just stay the same.

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NapClub t1_it9ej37 wrote

i am sorry but you can't get an ai to bare hand paint for you.

at the top end, people are paying for something that can't be replicated, anything made by ai will always be replicable.

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myusernamehere1 t1_it9k74n wrote

Lol not yet, but the idea of an AI controlling a paintbrush (think simular to 2 dimensional 3d printing but with a paintbrush/nozel instead) isnt that far out

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NapClub t1_it9kc23 wrote

again, that would replace working artists but not high end art.

you have to remember what the buyers actually want, and it's not something replicable, it's exclusivity.

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Green__lightning t1_itmkmyh wrote

As someone who's ran a robotic welder, it would be plenty easy to do hardware wise, teaching painting technique to the software running it sounds like it would take quite a while though.

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josiphertrace t1_itmf19p wrote

Correct, but you can use it in any number of ways to do other things before and during the painting process

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NapClub t1_itmgfqo wrote

i mean there are already people who do that and none of them are at the top end, i suppose taste could change tho.

but the rich are very conservative, they change very slowly.

they're still mainly buying the same style that was popular a hundred years ago.

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ralanr t1_it99huq wrote

Honestly surprised they haven’t tried doing AI for accounting to be honest. At least, not have it be before art.

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TenzenEnna t1_it9mws8 wrote

The issue is as of right now "The AI misunderstood and coded these transactions wrong" is very very expensive in audit. Regulation would probably need to come first in that field.

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josiphertrace t1_itmf9jq wrote

Unless you can train the AI to 'cook the books' as desired, there are too many industries reliant on "creative accounting" to allow a truly auditable, 'mechanical' hand at it.

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Telkk2 t1_it9ktu6 wrote

It will but I don't think it'll destroy them. Rather, it'll create a shift from producing to investing and financing marketing operations for existing projects created by one or a few people. They'll probably still produce but they'll have one or two people on projects rather than large teams.

At least that's my guess. I'm excited because I see a much more robust independent industry and more opportunities to share the pie.

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PLEASEHIREZ t1_it9mmlv wrote

I never thought the new AI would be so good. I think it will be hard for less talented artists, but the best artists will be fine. It's like synthesizing music, versus an actual instrumentalist. You can hear tone, depth, passion. Also, there's already AI making some pretty banging music.

For someone like me who only dabbles in art, AI would be a great tool to help me generate assets for a videogame or marketing campaign. But, I would also like to have original art in my home.

Don't be threatened by AI or robots, just use them to help speed up your process, or inspire you. Sometimes AI generates weird things you wouldn't have thought about.

Oh, and about automation. There's 3D printed houses, there flat boxes for drywall mudding, there's airless paint sprayers for painting, and aluminum studs for framing. You don't see a dip in wages for master trades people.

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