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>Btw illustrators are getting replaced. Not all of them of course, but the demand is shrinking. Similarly for certain writing roles. Do we have any real data o

>Btw illustrators are getting replaced. Not all of them of course, but the demand is shrinking. Similarly for certain writing roles. Do we have any real data on this? Because it would make more sense that with the new tools you can be more productive as an artist and sell more. From the little I know about AI art is that at this moment it is still in need of a Photoshop user to do final touches, plus a few steps of in-painting and other AI manual steps. I assume some super low quality output is created but I don't know of anyone who pays directly or via patreon on just a lazy single prompt AI generation(without other more involved work).

oefrha 3y ago
You can find some data through a casual search. [1] and similar articles cite a 70% drop in Chinese video game illustrator jobs in just one year, partly due to adoption of AI tools, as confirmed by both studios and illustrators. Speaking from personal experience, I know a guy whose firm has sharply reduced headcount in art/design and another guy whose firm used to hire illustrators but has since stopped because AI-generated illustrations (not central to their product) are considered good enough. > with the new tools you can be more productive as an artist and sell more I don't see a demand explosion outside of enthusiast circles (largely pr0n, to be honest). Sure you can make more, but you have no one to sell to, and unit price won't be the same when there's very cheap competition. Anyway, we’re getting pretty offtopic. [1] https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layoffs/ https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layof...
- simion314 3y ago
  Your link has no real data, it says that one company fired 5 artists "probably" because AI, and one example of a freelance artist that she has less work. The rest of the article is about artists fears. But I agree, in the past in my village were only 2 people with photo cameras, when you needed a photo you would talk with them or go in the city, now we all have cameras but the real good photographs still have a job and the photo shops still have jobs for printing the photos people take with their cameras or even making photos from time to time. Since GPT appeared our JIRA tickets did not changed, the AI does not have magic power to debug code andfix stuff, plan new features, optimize slow code, do customer support.

oefrha 3y ago

You can find some data through a casual search. [1] and similar articles cite a 70% drop in Chinese video game illustrator jobs in just one year, partly due to adoption of AI tools, as confirmed by both studios and illustrators. Speaking from personal experience, I know a guy whose firm has sharply reduced headcount in art/design and another guy whose firm used to hire illustrators but has since stopped because AI-generated illustrations (not central to their product) are considered good enough. > with the new tools you can be more productive as an artist and sell more I don't see a demand explosion outside of enthusiast circles (largely pr0n, to be honest). Sure you can make more, but you have no one to sell to, and unit price won't be the same when there's very cheap competition. Anyway, we’re getting pretty offtopic. [1] https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layoffs/ https://restofworld.org/2023/ai-image-china-video-game-layof...

simion314 3y ago
Your link has no real data, it says that one company fired 5 artists "probably" because AI, and one example of a freelance artist that she has less work. The rest of the article is about artists fears. But I agree, in the past in my village were only 2 people with photo cameras, when you needed a photo you would talk with them or go in the city, now we all have cameras but the real good photographs still have a job and the photo shops still have jobs for printing the photos people take with their cameras or even making photos from time to time. Since GPT appeared our JIRA tickets did not changed, the AI does not have magic power to debug code andfix stuff, plan new features, optimize slow code, do customer support.