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Art is the idea, craft is the execution. Anyone can learn to paint the Mona Lisa. That makes you skilled at a craft, but that doesn't make you an artist. I'm bullish on AI making it significantly easier for artists to bring ideas to fruition.
The downside is the endless avalanche of AI slop. I think we'll survive it though.
Pretty much my view too. We're going to get mountains of AI slope, but it will also lower the barrier to entry for creators who want to execute on their vision.
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I had a conversation with my wife's younger brother last year.
He had taken a bunch of classes outside of school for drawing.
He was under the impression that (and I may be a bit exaggerative in this) what makes someone a better artist is how well they draw the lines, their precision and attention to detail in the drawing. I was under the impression that it was the idea behind the drawing which made it good or bad. Of course there's a bar at which someone would need to shape a well drawn line, but if you can have a computer draw the lines for you, and you supply it with the idea, that seems to be a faster way at getting to the meat of things.
I worked at Bank of America in my past life. I would stand in the lobby with a tablet, attempting to introduce people to the joys of online banking. What seemed normal to me was abhorrent to about 50% of the people I ran into. Things like using an ATM seemed like they were betraying something. I had old ladies yelling at me about how they'd rather wait in line for 30 minutes, because they dont want to do business with a machine, they need to look who's handling their money in the eye and they come to the bank for personal connection.
I worked at Barns and Noble in my past life. I would stand near a kiosk, attempting to introduce people to the joys of e-books. What seemed normal to me was abhorrent to about 50% of the people I ran into. Using devices like the kindle seemed like they were betraying something. I had old men yelling at me about how they'd rather come to the book store and wait in line for 30 minutes, because they don't read books on screens, they want the feel of the book in their hands and need to feel the pages turn as they flip through the book, and that they come to the bookstore for personal connection.
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