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My phone camera can take much better pictures of things than I can draw. Doesn’t mean that my drawings have been invalidated. Human art is going to adapt, simi
by mattkevan 4y ago
My phone camera can take much better pictures of things than I can draw. Doesn’t mean that my drawings have been invalidated.
Human art is going to adapt, similarly to how it adapted to photography. If a camera can make perfect reproductions of reality, AI is a camera of the imagination.
I wonder if there’s going to be a trend towards craft -tangible, clearly handmade things that an AI can’t do.
- Bakary 4y agoPhotography is a distinct medium with its own expectations. People looking for 2d non-photography art generally aren't looking for a perfect representation of reality, so photography does not supersede what they want to see. In fact photo-realistic drawings are viewed as a bit of a meme, especially if it's a picture of some pop-culture character like the Joker. It's worth asking at this point what exactly the adaptation will look like. I definitely agree that there will be more interest in non-2d, non virtual art. But for 2d/virtual artists? We need more than just an "underpants gnome" sequence where adaptation is considered a given. The work of those artists won't be invalidated in a philosophical sense, but the competitiveness of the space will skyrocket. The capacity to live as an artist will be much more restricted and it's already a struggle to begin with.