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Humans take a long time to get good at art; in the meantime they still have to eat. So they compete with generative AI for a fixed number of jobs. The AI is ch
by hoosieree 3y ago
Humans take a long time to get good at art; in the meantime they still have to eat.
So they compete with generative AI for a fixed number of jobs. The AI is cheaper and faster. Humans stop training to become artists.
Without new training data, the generative AI models stagnate. Progress in art stops globally, forever.
But for a brief glorious moment, we were able to say "huh, that's not bad".
- phone8675309 3y agoThis is by design - the capital that backs modern art isn’t doing it for love of the art but for money. For fine art, it’s a way for them to launder money and keep it out of bank accounts where it can be seized trivially. For mass art, it’s about selling to enough rubes to make a profit. Neither are impacted by a stagnation in art. If anything, they’re aided by it - suddenly the art you bought to launder money retains its value because it’s no longer the flavor of the week with the arts crowd.