I would not be so sure art production costs would go down. It all depends on how control of the technology is distributed, the willingness / ability to recogniz

I would not be so sure art production costs would go down. It all depends on how control of the technology is distributed, the willingness / ability to recognize and reward the still necessary human artistic input etc. Artists have been perenially on the receiving end as far as securing economic benefits from their work. On the basis of current / historical form the expected scenario is that intermediaries will create an oligopoly and will tax all such production at the maximum rate that won't kill the market. But I think we actually aggree on the broader point that automation becomes just another tool in various professional contexts. What is annoying is that, at least to the "masses" it is not sold like that at all. Software is endowed with agency and miraculous powers, diverting the discussion to bizarre and pointless metaphysical speculation and crowding out the real discussions that we need to have in the public: who gets access to what data, what can they do with them etc. etc.