I’m not sure I fully agree with you here (primarily because I don’t see art as essential to individual consciousness, although it is arguably essential to any cohesiveness larger cultural consciousness), but I’m really intrigued by this line of thinking. With regards to my personal line beyond which I’d be uncomfortable with AI generation, it’s already been passed, I think. I could (and likely will) be made significantly more uncomfortable, but as I don’t foresee any existing human digital art to be intractable with near-term technology, I’ve already made the mental leap into assuming the future demise of the commercial artist, and it’s associated consequences.
Thinking about it, the commercial artists who I expect to last the longest (assuming eventual takeover of all commercial activities by AI is even possible/can happen without killing humanity) are probably going to be in-person actors and sex-workers. Movie actors are already being replaced by deepfake doubles (so far mostly to cover actors who died before the end of a franchise, but that will probably change), while real-world animatronics still feel almost as lifeless as they did in the 80s. If your artwork can’t be depicted in digital without a significant reduction in quality, then my guess is your job will survive for longer than others.
In many essential ways, sports stars are actors. We don’t watch because moving fast or passing a ball around is inherently interesting, but because of the human element and drama told through the progress of a good sports game/season
I’m not sure I fully agree with you here (primarily because I don’t see art as essential to individual consciousness, although it is arguably essential to any cohesiveness larger cultural consciousness), but I’m really intrigued by this line of thinking. With regards to my personal line beyond which I’d be uncomfortable with AI generation, it’s already been passed, I think. I could (and likely will) be made significantly more uncomfortable, but as I don’t foresee any existing human digital art to be intractable with near-term technology, I’ve already made the mental leap into assuming the future demise of the commercial artist, and it’s associated consequences.
Thinking about it, the commercial artists who I expect to last the longest (assuming eventual takeover of all commercial activities by AI is even possible/can happen without killing humanity) are probably going to be in-person actors and sex-workers. Movie actors are already being replaced by deepfake doubles (so far mostly to cover actors who died before the end of a franchise, but that will probably change), while real-world animatronics still feel almost as lifeless as they did in the 80s. If your artwork can’t be depicted in digital without a significant reduction in quality, then my guess is your job will survive for longer than others.
So you expect sports to be taken over by robots? We already know that a car is faster than a person.
In many essential ways, sports stars are actors. We don’t watch because moving fast or passing a ball around is inherently interesting, but because of the human element and drama told through the progress of a good sports game/season