The World as You’ll Know It: The Great Rebuild
AI Took My Career!
Aug 15, 2023
Amy Winter, a concept artist, and Brian Merchant, a technology columnist, explore the threat of generative AI to their careers. They discuss the impact of AI on various professions, the anxieties of artists, taxing capital, AI's impact on creative work, and the social role of AI in human lives.
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- AI-generated art may replicate 80% of the quality at a lower cost, but it is unlikely to produce truly innovative and groundbreaking work.
- The use of AI in creative industries raises concerns about job displacement and the potential reduction of worker power.
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Impact of AI on Creative Industries
The emergence of AI art generators has raised concerns among artists like Amy Winter, who fear that their work may become irrelevant and replaced by AI-generated art. These programs can create impressive images just by describing them, but often contain basic errors that a human artist would never make, such as poorly rendered hands. While AI may improve and render images more accurately, it is unlikely to produce truly innovative and groundbreaking work like famous artists in history. However, for everyday creative work, AI may be able to replicate 80% of the quality at a fraction of the cost.
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