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Re:As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation by phi-y on Sunday August 14, 2022 @02:45PM (#32461761)
The danger of tools like this is eliminating those margins. This type of automation will eliminate junior graphic designer roles and add new requirements for the experienced graphic designers. Both of these affect the job market by making it harder to get started and stay. There will always be the high end and boutique jobs. The picassos and rembrandts will continue to find work.

The starving artist who sells out to create ads or create content for commercial entities will find those opportunities dried up

A single agency using this tool effectively could "in theory" produce 500 times the artistic output from a single artist. Vastly shrinking the market for a decent paying career.

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Re:As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation by egypturnash on Sunday August 14, 2022 @03:24PM (#32462129)
Yes. The journey to master artist begins with finding a place to crank out a lot of apprentice/journeyman level art. You get a little bit better at some aspect of the craft with every piece you make; eventually this makes a very visible difference from your early work. Regular critique from your peers and mentors helps a lot too.

Rembrandt started out as an apprentice, with about four years starting around 13 before he opened his own studio. Picasso was trained by his art professor father from the age of seven in what sounds like a very traditionally hardcore fashion.

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Re:As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation by evilbob93 on Monday August 15, 2022 @05:42PM (#32475799)
Problem is that the entry-level stuff is going to be done by the AI and fewer people are going to have the chance to go through the steps of becoming a master artist.
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Re:As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation by prox on Sunday August 14, 2022 @04:04PM (#32462448)
Not only that, but your average person is not able to asses the quality of an image. Just like the average person could not discern your code (or it’s quality)
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Re:As an artist I am concerned about AI image generation by Thiez on Sunday August 14, 2022 @05:41PM (#32463226)
Why would that be a problem? They can either pay an expert (if they want someone to assess the "quality", whatever that may be) or just be happy with their pretty picture.
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