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Where Do Artists Stand With AI? And How Do We Do It?

Where Do Artists Stand With AI? And How Do We Do It?

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DOES AI HAVE A PLACE IN OUR LIVES AS ARTISTS? The topic of AI comes up a lot for me because I work as a software developer. It's something I see kind of all day, every day. And so I am constantly reflecting on what potential does AI have in the life of an artist and as a creative individual. Now, most of you hearing that are probably going to immediately—those who are hearing that as creatives—are going to be like, "well, it has no place." But does it? Now, I will say this: using it to replace a thing that you love to do does not have a place in your life. And that's one of the things that I've been reflecting on. The Core Issue I've mentioned it before on this podcast, but there is the meme: "I want an AI that does my dishes so that I have more time for my art, not an AI that does my art so that I have more time for my dishes." It's one of my favorite quotes when it comes to AI because I feel like it represents the core issue really well. Now, I want to look at the people who created AI briefly—and I don't mean like Elon Musk or any specific people by name, I'm talking about the mindset and the problem. The problem for the people who came up with image generators... let's look at that first. These are not individuals who love to draw or paint. They might enjoy it, but they don't love it in the same way. I know that's a bit of a blanket statement—there might be some exceptions—but for the most part, they had a problem they wanted to solve. They wanted to automate the thing that they didn't love to do so that they could focus their energies on the things that they do. For these individuals, it is coding, it is programming, it is creating software and generating output through that software. For them, having to stop the development process to produce a piece of art was a problem that they were trying to solve and automate away. And they did it. In doing so, they solved the problem for every like-minded individual. And I think that is an important thing to consider as well. AI image generators were never meant, in my opinion, to be really used by artists. They're meant to solve the problem of creating art for those who don't want to create art. A Thinning of the Clientele Now you might be thinking—and it's a valid question—"well, why not pay someone else to do so?" That was another problem that they were solving. The problem was, how do I get art that I'm content with without having to pay someone else? You see, these people are not the ones who would have been your clients who would have paid you anyways. It is true that some artists have lost their jobs to AI, but the people who fired them or let them go or stopped hiring them are not people who wanted to be paying you in the first place. Now, in some ways, yes, this could be perceived as a problem because it means an artist has lost a job. But it could also be viewed as a thinning of the clientele. There will be fewer less-than-ideal clients to work with; less, hopefully, people trying to take advantage of you because they didn't want to hire you to do the art in the first place. Anyways, I don't want to make this about—this isn't to be a discussion about the business of running an art business in an AI world. Rather, it's meant to point out the detail that the people who created AI image generators were trying to solve a problem, and that problem was they didn't want to have to stop to create art and they didn't want to have to pay someone else to do it. And in solving that problem for themselves, they solved it for everyone who was like-minded. Walking in Both Worlds Now, this is where I struggle. Do I, as an artist, perceive their efforts as an attack or not? I have the luxury—I say luxury, it doesn't always feel like a luxury—of not having art be my source of income. I pursued a career in software development and that brings its own headaches and miseries with it. Other times it can be absolutely fun, but a lot of the time I'm like, "this isn't what I wanted. I wanted to be an artist." I am grateful that God has blessed me with a means to provide for my family, but I wanted—I've always wanted to be an artist in some capacity. So, going from there, I think we need to go back to the same question that the people who created AI image generators started with: What is the problem I'm trying to solve and how do I automate it away? One of the big challenges, and I think one of the reasons so many artists feel attacked right now, is artists are not inherently technical—a lot of them anyways. There's some like myself who walk in both worlds, some who are programmers and artists as well. There's others who are not; they're just into the art side of things. I think that in and of itself, though, is the core problem. And let me explain what I mean by that. When we only have one side producing results, it's going to feel like an attack on the other. Without more artists also becoming programmers, the automation of creativity is going to ...
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