One of the bigger complaints about AI art generation is that "oh, it'll become a closed loop system, and then we'll all be sitting at our chairs watching a neur

One of the bigger complaints about AI art generation is that "oh, it'll become a closed loop system, and then we'll all be sitting at our chairs watching a neural network spew art all day while human artists starve to death". This is kind of funny because, if Public Books' article here is even remotely true, the existing publishing system is already a closed loop. Publishers only commission or purchase works that match the particular taste profiles that are already trained into the sales data. If you want to make something new, the publishing companies have already boycotted and cancelled you.