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Imagine being a concept artist - basically a professional Photoshop compositor - in the face of Dall-e and crew. Imagine being a script writer - taking other p

Imagine being a concept artist - basically a professional Photoshop compositor - in the face of Dall-e and crew. Imagine being a script writer - taking other people's ideas and creating a script - in the face of GPT. Imagine being a D&D campaign writer. Technical writer. Tier 1 support. Any job that involves the previously tedious work of transforming ideas into writing or images.

taylodl 4y ago
But GPT's writing isn't that great. I would use it as a starter, because it can get you 60%-70% of the way there - but I wouldn't let it create the finished work. I'm not as familiar with the typical illustrator's workflow, but wouldn't something be similar? Could you use GPT to quickly create some different kinds of ideas to see what you like and then use that as the starting point to finish off the work? In both cases aren't there copyright concerns you'd have to address? How do you know GPT isn't using copyrighted material?
- falcolas 4y ago
  > because it can get you 60%-70% of the way there Which means you can reduce the time spent by that same amount. Or to flip it, one person can do the work of 3-4 people. You'd still want an editor, but you've always wanted an editor. > How do you know GPT isn't using copyrighted material? It quite obviously does use copyrighted material, but it's a dirty secret of these industries that so do their people. GPT and Dall-e will probably hide it better, but it's something the industry already has playbooks around.
- badpun 4y ago
  Concept artist is basically the idea generator. They quickly paint a bunch of loose ideas and present them to art director and rest of the team for discussion. None of their art makes in into final product. I could see concept art as being disrupted by generative models.
  - taylodl 4y ago
    Thanks - this is what I meant when I said I'm not familiar with their workflow! Sounds like GPT will impact jobs. Do you see a way GPT could actually create jobs?
    - falcolas 4y ago
      > Do you see a way GPT could actually create jobs? Well, I could theoretically see it creating more "reviewer" jobs as the sheer volume of creative input increases (see the recent Clarkesworld incident). But that would rely on companies being willing to pay for more human reviewers instead of investing in the automation of reviews (or folding).

taylodl 4y ago

But GPT's writing isn't that great. I would use it as a starter, because it can get you 60%-70% of the way there - but I wouldn't let it create the finished work. I'm not as familiar with the typical illustrator's workflow, but wouldn't something be similar? Could you use GPT to quickly create some different kinds of ideas to see what you like and then use that as the starting point to finish off the work? In both cases aren't there copyright concerns you'd have to address? How do you know GPT isn't using copyrighted material?

falcolas 4y ago
> because it can get you 60%-70% of the way there Which means you can reduce the time spent by that same amount. Or to flip it, one person can do the work of 3-4 people. You'd still want an editor, but you've always wanted an editor. > How do you know GPT isn't using copyrighted material? It quite obviously does use copyrighted material, but it's a dirty secret of these industries that so do their people. GPT and Dall-e will probably hide it better, but it's something the industry already has playbooks around.
badpun 4y ago
Concept artist is basically the idea generator. They quickly paint a bunch of loose ideas and present them to art director and rest of the team for discussion. None of their art makes in into final product. I could see concept art as being disrupted by generative models.
- taylodl 4y ago
  Thanks - this is what I meant when I said I'm not familiar with their workflow! Sounds like GPT will impact jobs. Do you see a way GPT could actually create jobs?
  - falcolas 4y ago
    > Do you see a way GPT could actually create jobs? Well, I could theoretically see it creating more "reviewer" jobs as the sheer volume of creative input increases (see the recent Clarkesworld incident). But that would rely on companies being willing to pay for more human reviewers instead of investing in the automation of reviews (or folding).