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People like you will do 10x the amount of work in the future. So we don't need about 90% of you. For this I think you should try to be one of the 10% that's le
by kyleyeats 4y ago
People like you will do 10x the amount of work in the future. So we don't need about 90% of you.
For this I think you should try to be one of the 10% that's left. You're on HN and you're really early in this AI image generation game.
- simonw 4y agoI wonder about that. Sometimes when technology makes people 10x more productive society responds by increasing the demand for what they can do by a factor of ten. One example: I'm running an early-stage startup. If an explainer video for my product will cost me $20,000 I'm probably not going to commission one. If it costs $2,000 then maybe I will.
- bombcar 4y agoThis is a huge part of it, and if you can ride that wave, you can be the person charging $10k for what everyone else is scrambling around trying to charge $2k.
- kyleyeats 4y agoYeah it's really like the 90% are in a race to the bottom and the 10% are in a new field.
- kranke155 4y agoYeah like I said the thing is becoming an AÍ prompt person doesn’t interest me in the least. I trained to be a craftsman that’s what interests me.
- simonw 4y agoI don't think the two are mutually exclusive. I've seen plenty of talented, experienced artists on various AI subreddits who are incorporating prompt-driven images as a small part of their overall work. A relevant example: Newgrounds banned AI art: https://waxy.org/2022/09/online-art-communities-begin-banning-ai-generated-images/ https://waxy.org/2022/09/online-art-communities-begin-bannin... - but they included this exception: > There are cases where some use of AI is ok, for example if you are primarily showcasing your character art but use an AI-generated background.
- bombcar 4y agoExactly. Craftsmen adapt to new tools. People are still handbuilding furniture with hundred+ year old techniques but there are skilled craftsmen utilizing CAD-driven tools, also.
- kranke155 4y agoThere’s a big difference between being a book copying monk and a printing press operator. I trained to be a monk.
- pornel 4y agoOr we may have a Jevon's Paradox, and we'll just use 10x more instead.