I keep viewing the AI art question from the position of a consumer who is really only tangentially aware of the professional art industry. Like, I KNOW there are people who work in an office like me but instead of JIRA and Excel they use... I dunno probably also JIRA and Excel but with drawing/creating as their primary work product.
Even setting aside that industry though there is the freelance artist, like you brought up, who can’t really miss a commission. As much as I downplay the effect these generative models will have I can’t deny the fact that people WILL be impacted, someone WILL lose their job, and that sucks. I hope this new paradigm will open more doors than it closes.
Hi Scott. Currently most of my creative efforts go to a Substack newsletter inspired by your Diary of a Cartoonist, called Diary of a Senior Geek. I don’t know how creative it is, it’s mostly me telling stories from my life and occasionally rambling about my take on how to live a moral and ethical life, basically by following the golden rule and forgiving yourself when you inevitably screw up.
I like to add photos and artwork. Substack has tools to paste in my own photos, help pick stock photos and generate artwork in various styles. If I use a meme I try to find out where it originally came from and link to it, with middling success. My drawing skills are basically at the pre-school level so I don’t do many drawings or other “art”.
After a few tries I’ve pretty much stopped using Substack’s generated art. Maybe I need to be more specific in my prompts, but I rarely get anything close to what I had in mind.
So I stick to my own photos, stock photos and occasionally photos I’ve found on the web, usually Star Trekk or Star Wars memes.
Great take on all this. I’m not really tapped in to the gaming world so this was all quite logical while being eye opening at the same time. I don’t know if you are familiar with @timtadder ‘s work on IG. I find it staggeringly beautiful. And he also spends a huge amount of time talking about his philosophy around #AIart (I’ve seen it referred to as synthography by other folks - love the term.). He also talks about the burgeoning field of prompt engineering and his ongoing journey to refine/control an AI for creative purposes. Keep up the good stuff.
Scott, this is is one of the better and more nuanced commentaries about the implications of AI I've read, and my business is technical writing (https://bit.ly/404OrtB). By the way, I suggest that Film Sack do "Boss Level" (http://www.ddmcd.com/movies/boss).
I keep viewing the AI art question from the position of a consumer who is really only tangentially aware of the professional art industry. Like, I KNOW there are people who work in an office like me but instead of JIRA and Excel they use... I dunno probably also JIRA and Excel but with drawing/creating as their primary work product.
Even setting aside that industry though there is the freelance artist, like you brought up, who can’t really miss a commission. As much as I downplay the effect these generative models will have I can’t deny the fact that people WILL be impacted, someone WILL lose their job, and that sucks. I hope this new paradigm will open more doors than it closes.
Hi Scott. Currently most of my creative efforts go to a Substack newsletter inspired by your Diary of a Cartoonist, called Diary of a Senior Geek. I don’t know how creative it is, it’s mostly me telling stories from my life and occasionally rambling about my take on how to live a moral and ethical life, basically by following the golden rule and forgiving yourself when you inevitably screw up.
I like to add photos and artwork. Substack has tools to paste in my own photos, help pick stock photos and generate artwork in various styles. If I use a meme I try to find out where it originally came from and link to it, with middling success. My drawing skills are basically at the pre-school level so I don’t do many drawings or other “art”.
After a few tries I’ve pretty much stopped using Substack’s generated art. Maybe I need to be more specific in my prompts, but I rarely get anything close to what I had in mind.
So I stick to my own photos, stock photos and occasionally photos I’ve found on the web, usually Star Trekk or Star Wars memes.
Great take on all this. I’m not really tapped in to the gaming world so this was all quite logical while being eye opening at the same time. I don’t know if you are familiar with @timtadder ‘s work on IG. I find it staggeringly beautiful. And he also spends a huge amount of time talking about his philosophy around #AIart (I’ve seen it referred to as synthography by other folks - love the term.). He also talks about the burgeoning field of prompt engineering and his ongoing journey to refine/control an AI for creative purposes. Keep up the good stuff.
I laughed at how the AI explained the punch line with confidence.
Scott, this is is one of the better and more nuanced commentaries about the implications of AI I've read, and my business is technical writing (https://bit.ly/404OrtB). By the way, I suggest that Film Sack do "Boss Level" (http://www.ddmcd.com/movies/boss).