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The stable diffusion stuff shouldn't threaten artists, in the same way that digital art doesn't threaten traditional artists. It's a fairly unpopular viewpoint

The stable diffusion stuff shouldn't threaten artists, in the same way that digital art doesn't threaten traditional artists. It's a fairly unpopular viewpoint that you're taking here, but I also agree with you. Unless you can actually think of what you want and AI produces it, just like how some people are so good at illustrating they can basically draw exactly what they see in there mind, it's not going to change everything for artists. I mean there might be cases where I'd use DALL-E to generate some images for a mock-up website design, but I'd still probably higher a designer to create a proper portfolio, provide style guidance etc. Same for photograph, if I was working on something that was "about" a real thing, like a travel blog, I'd still be working with photographers to take real photos, because...authenticity is important, at least I feel it is, else people would've just used Getty images and thrown there cameras away for the last 30 years.

flappyeagle 4y ago
Hate to break it to you but this is already happening. I know 2 people who fired illustrators and used mid journey instead. The feedback cycle with humans was too long and they were expensive… with AI the iteration is so rapid that you can try new ideas and make all sorts of adjustments without incurring much cost
- ChatGTP 4y ago
  You're not breaking anything to me, I know it's going on, I just don't see the point in worrying about it? If you're friends are good artists they will find something cool to make using the new technology, something cooler than the dude who fired them can produce with DALL-E. Maybe next time the turn around time is too slow, they'll use some technology to speed that up and deliver more stuff faster. You live you learn. On the other hand, not sure how much you've used these tools, I'm sick of giving the "yes they're impressive disclaimer" but they still don't deliver you what you actually want, you still need to work for that. They can't read your mind and even if they could, some people would probably still have some cooler ideas people will want. Honestly, there are so, so, so many creative agencies, already, they have work for a reason, because people who actually have work to do are too busy being "prompt engineers", choosing the right art etc. Yes there will be an impact, but I doubt this is going to be the end of all creative work. I've worked at plenty of startups, enterprises etc, where the creative people did a lot more than just create images.

flappyeagle 4y ago

Hate to break it to you but this is already happening. I know 2 people who fired illustrators and used mid journey instead. The feedback cycle with humans was too long and they were expensive… with AI the iteration is so rapid that you can try new ideas and make all sorts of adjustments without incurring much cost

ChatGTP 4y ago
You're not breaking anything to me, I know it's going on, I just don't see the point in worrying about it? If you're friends are good artists they will find something cool to make using the new technology, something cooler than the dude who fired them can produce with DALL-E. Maybe next time the turn around time is too slow, they'll use some technology to speed that up and deliver more stuff faster. You live you learn. On the other hand, not sure how much you've used these tools, I'm sick of giving the "yes they're impressive disclaimer" but they still don't deliver you what you actually want, you still need to work for that. They can't read your mind and even if they could, some people would probably still have some cooler ideas people will want. Honestly, there are so, so, so many creative agencies, already, they have work for a reason, because people who actually have work to do are too busy being "prompt engineers", choosing the right art etc. Yes there will be an impact, but I doubt this is going to be the end of all creative work. I've worked at plenty of startups, enterprises etc, where the creative people did a lot more than just create images.