In this post, you will learn:
How was AI created?
AI will destroy the work of artists
What to do in the future?
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In 2023, the art world was shaken by a revolutionary discovery - IT companies (ranging from Microsoft to Open AI) presented a virtual robot that could produce any image of high quality based on description with minor anatomical inaccuracies. You could also upload your own sketch and get a finished picture. Later on, it provided code, text, animation, and video.
People were excitedly amazed because many immediately understood, "we don't need to hire artists and spend our money!!" However, artists organized a real riot with the sign "no AI," and many left the famous Art Station.
As a result, a new direction "AI-artist" emerged, it quickly gained fans, and small studios indicated the ability to generate images in their vacancies.
Later on, artists noticed that AI copies the style of familiar authors and found out, by compiling lists, that the creators of AI simply stole all the drawings from the internet, uploading them to train their robot. And the robot combines them upon user request. The founders of AI started asking for money for their service. All artists' websites were flooded with generated images.
Will AI destroy the work of artists?
Yes, the threat is quite serious. The robot will improve, correct its mistakes on its own, in 5-10 years, and it will output perfect images. There is a risk that in 20 years, people will stop training as artists.
However, if laws and labor regulations come into play, the risk can be reduced. For example, prohibiting the sale of AI or its use in commerce. AI images can greatly help in finding ideas, references, and examples.
Of course, the market will collapse, people will demand the quality of drawing at the level of the robot, many will lose motivation to learn, others will use AI in their work and reduce their skill, degrade.
What to do in the future?
Obviously, humans will have to compete not only with other humans but also with robots. The price of office work and remote work will be increased, accordingly, good specialists will be highly paid, and getting into this TOP rate will be twice as difficult. But this is not a reason to give up and stop on your way. Sufficient planning and discipline are needed to acquire the necessary skills.
Stay tuned.