Raw LLM Responses

Another youtuber(I forgot who it was) compared AI art to counterfeit money. That's kinda an apt description. It doesn't really democratize art or anything, but devalues it. It also discourages hopeful artists in the making from learning art, or any creative craft that AI can also do. That in turn kinda stunts AI's growth, since without expert human input(which comes from there being expert humans, who wouldn't exist if people stop practicing there craft), stuff that AI creates would sort of become just barely 'good enough' without passing the bar of goodness. And the consumers of that, not having known a better alternative, would become the consumers of average. But that doesn't mean the thought of 'I consume the product and not the process' has no merit. That's how most people, especially big corporations think, and they are the ones giving artists their jobs. The rest, it's a realization I had a few days back. I was reading the opening chat of Loomis figure drawing book, when the subject of camera came up. How people in the past held realism in a high regard, something to be admired and awed by, but after the advent of camera, realism became a lot less important. That reminded me of hyperrealism. I've enjoyed hyper realistic art, but I've also seen the general consensus about them and some of them from artists themselves, though mostly stylization artists. "What's the point of doing hyperrealism when you could take a photo" seems to be the general view around hyperrealistic art. I'm someone impressed by hyperrealism, less because of the art itself(though I do realize the there's a certain thought process in choosing the subject matter even for hyperrealistic artists, and that has a lot of value), more because of the patience, attention, skill of the artist. I know I lack that much patience and don't have that keen attention to detail, so those who have, have my admiration. For me, the process is more impressive than the art. And the view of 'what's the point when photography', negates the importance of that process. It's curious how stylized art is also facing the same conundrum now. AI can do any stylization better than a human, faster than them, and with lot less trouble. Even now, the sentiment of 'why practice art when AI can do better' keeps popping up so someday would the stylistic art we do face the same view from general audience as hyperrealism? Because the similarities between the two situation is kinda striking. Gen AI can do any stylization better and faster so what's the point of doing it, just like a photo can capture the accurate image of a subject better and faster, so what's the point of hyperrealism? (I realize photography isn't the same as gen AI, and I'm not going for that argument and ethical concerns. Just the situational similarity between how art is affected by each.) Tbh, humans pretty complicated and I don't think human made art would completely fall out of demand. Sure, a vast majority might be affected, but expecting human made art to become irrelevant is like expecting everyone to buy any cheap factory made stuff off the grocery store self instead of paying a bit more for organic or properly sourced produce. People don't work that way. They have differences, preferences, expectations, societal pressure and many more things going on and influenced by those they don't always go for the cheaper option. Sometimes they just splurge for the heck of it or to show off. But still, the majority market that's being affected by gen AI is worrisome. As I said, it discourages up and coming artists from pursuing it as a career. Because many have responsibilities to fulfill, mouths to feed, expectations to meet, society to answer. And doing something as time consuming, but essentially valueless(cause of AI) as art as anything more than a hobby is just not a viable option. Giving up on it is way easier. Maybe to avoid that situation, we should start presenting the process of making art to the audience and not just the art itself. Make the process itself the most integral part of the art in their view too Because if there's one thing AI can't do, it's that. It can't have our process. Though I have no idea how to do that, tbh. And being socially awkward enough to not be willing to present myself or my voice before camera(and therefore live streaming), I'm certainly not going to try the only method I know of.