> This touches on a big reason why it's so hard for me to get on board with generative AI. The hype around it is pretty much the same as the hype I saw with NFT

> This touches on a big reason why it's so hard for me to get on board with generative AI. The hype around it is pretty much the same as the hype I saw with NFTs, complete with a community lacking any awareness of just how uninteresting, if not downright bad, their "art" was. I strongly disagree. NFTs were always ugly and useless. Generative AI is useful and valuable right this minute. I'll even concede that the output from these systems is mostly ugly, but for many use cases, that's OK. Given the choice between nothing, extremely cheap custom art that looks OK, and commissioning a proper artist to draw exactly what we want, I think generative AI is going to be the clear winner most of the time. If you're a contract artist who does work for small companies and individuals, I don't see a future where generative AI doesn't severely undercut your business.