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> if there are going to be enough people to want non-AI art Well, maybe this will change one day, but now I don't know a single person who wants "AI art". Aft

> if there are going to be enough people to want non-AI art Well, maybe this will change one day, but now I don't know a single person who wants "AI art". After the initial hype with magic images created with Midjourney wore off, it's left what it is: boring, repetitive, a few similar looks, cheap. Just like Chinese plastic goods.

jononor 2y ago
Not so may people want "AI art" (branded as such). But a good chunk people use generative image model to "commission" works that they are interested in - but would be to expensive to get a human artist to do it. There are many niches/subcultures where this is popular, from anime to cyberpunk, to fantasy, computer games, role playing games, etc. It might be that there is general appeal to be found in images created with AI tool (by a human tool-wielder, the actual artist). But people want to buy art from human artists, have a back story - for there to be a "meaning" - a why. Some initial research: https://www.sciencenorway.no/art-artificial-intelligence/people-liked-ai-art-when-they-thought-it-was-made-by-humans/2337417 https://www.sciencenorway.no/art-artificial-intelligence/peo...
Cheer2171 2y ago
> boring, repetitive, a few similar looks, cheap. Just like Chinese plastic goods. And yet cheap Chinese plastic goods are literally a hundred-billion dollar industry.
- dvfjsdhgfv 2y ago
  Yes, definitely, and there are people who use them, mainly because they can't afford a more durable version or don't care. This is the niche for the current generation of generative AI for art: cheap, boring stuff that some people dislike, some ignore, but it has its uses.
RestlessMind 2y ago
> I don't know a single person who wants "AI art" Heck, I don't even know a single person who wants real art apart from 20-50$ wall hangings from Amazon or Etsy (all mass produced), or cheap souvenirs when they travel (mostly made in China).

jononor 2y ago

Not so may people want "AI art" (branded as such). But a good chunk people use generative image model to "commission" works that they are interested in - but would be to expensive to get a human artist to do it. There are many niches/subcultures where this is popular, from anime to cyberpunk, to fantasy, computer games, role playing games, etc. It might be that there is general appeal to be found in images created with AI tool (by a human tool-wielder, the actual artist). But people want to buy art from human artists, have a back story - for there to be a "meaning" - a why. Some initial research: https://www.sciencenorway.no/art-artificial-intelligence/people-liked-ai-art-when-they-thought-it-was-made-by-humans/2337417 https://www.sciencenorway.no/art-artificial-intelligence/peo...

Cheer2171 2y ago

> boring, repetitive, a few similar looks, cheap. Just like Chinese plastic goods. And yet cheap Chinese plastic goods are literally a hundred-billion dollar industry.

dvfjsdhgfv 2y ago
Yes, definitely, and there are people who use them, mainly because they can't afford a more durable version or don't care. This is the niche for the current generation of generative AI for art: cheap, boring stuff that some people dislike, some ignore, but it has its uses.

RestlessMind 2y ago

> I don't know a single person who wants "AI art" Heck, I don't even know a single person who wants real art apart from 20-50$ wall hangings from Amazon or Etsy (all mass produced), or cheap souvenirs when they travel (mostly made in China).