When people talk about replacing artists with virtual artists, I think an important missing piece is that people are into performance because a human with a story is doing the performing, not just the aesthetics of the end result. For the most part, great art isn't hermetic. It's situated within the context of the artist's personal story and career arc, an the relationship of those to the audience / fanbase.

We probably will see greater uptake of virtual art and artists, but it hasn't been and won't be a revolution that sweeps away human performance.