I'm simply deeply interested in knowing where this all goes. I'm not exactly forcing AI art into places where it's not wanted, but I am deeply interested in kno

I'm simply deeply interested in knowing where this all goes. I'm not exactly forcing AI art into places where it's not wanted, but I am deeply interested in knowing where we will end up with all of this. I have basically no prediction, but it feels like we're on the cusp of some very powerful tools. I don't know if it will end up just being a novelty, or if it will replace current jobs, or if it will simply create powerful tools for humans to make new art with. Just no clue. In addition to this deep curiosity of what the future holds, I'm also very interested in it philosophically. I run a daily word game website, and every day's puzzle comes with an image that I generated for that day's words when you solve the puzzle. I often get people emailing in, asking who the artist was, because the day's image spoke to them, they found it beautiful. It always feels like I'm giving them such a let down when I give them the answer. They were looking for a human connection. The most valuable thing isn't the technical skill; it's the connection to another human who generated this image (though the technical skill is a demonstration of the artist's commitment and is another thing to connect with). Finding out that a human didn't generate the image is a lead balloon. I find this a very interesting, salient example in the "what is art?" and "what is meaning?" categories. It also brings me back to the tools question. Because, in many cases, ultimately there is a human connection to be made. I had an idea, and I worked with an AI to realize it. Sometimes it took quite a bit of work on prompts. Not nearly as much as it would take a technical artist, and I didn't get as exact an output as I had in my head. But if they want a connection to another human imagining something that speaks to them, it's there, I imagined it and then a computer realized it. It's not as meaningful as a piece that an artist committed numerous hours to after a lifetime of honing the craft, but it's not devoid of meaning either. And I don't have any art skills to speak of, so in fact it enabled some human connection that wasn't possible before.