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>>dredmo+(OP)
Does anybody else find the whole AI art generation thing both amazing and incredibly depressing at the same time? I’ve played around with it and it’s lots of fun. But I can also see a deluge of mediocre “content” taking over the internet in the near future. “Real art” will become a niche underground discipline. Most popular music will be AI generated and will have fake performers also generated to go along with it. And most people will be fine with that.

I don’t think “real art” will disappear. People will always want to create (although monetising that will now be exceedingly more difficult).

It feels like we are ripping the humanity out of life on a greater and greater scale with tech. Instead of replacing crappy jobs and freeing up peoples time to enjoy their life, we’re actually automating enjoyable pursuits.

NB: when I’m referring to art I mean of all types as that’s where we are heading.

>>spikea+w5
> But I can also see a deluge of mediocre “content” taking over the internet

i’ve noticed this mediocrity decades ago when artists started using computers to create art. for me that’s when it went downhill.

>>kmlx+Zj
I will say, the kind of art intended for corporate needs (much of which in the last decade in particular has been a deluge of bland vector art with weird blob people) is not the same as the art that many artists make in their own time, or would regard as good.

The through line for a lot of mediocre stuff is the intention of the artist/creator to appeal to as broad a demographic/audience as possible so as to dissolve away anything that makes the art interesting, challenging, and good.