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This is hyperbole at its finest. Can you name a few industries that have been killed? Which artists and writers aside from pretentious copy cats are getting re

• worrycue 4y ago
  China’s exports I heard are down and shipping containers are actually piling up at their ports. I feel artists selling “generic art” for pictures in lobbies and homes are probably going to be out of a job.
  • thebradbain 4y ago
    The vast majority of artists don’t make a living selling the “generic art” that enthusiasts are so sure AI will disrupt (and if they do, certainly not individual pieces to hotels/coffee shops/etc, but bulk licensing through agencies) At most it would be replacing one licensing middleman for another.
    • worrycue 4y ago
      > bulk licensing through agencies And the agencies pay the artists, yes? Now you can just get art from MidJourney and skip the artists.
  • curiousObject 4y ago
    “Piling up” should be visible. Is there photo or satellite evidence of that?