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1. keiferski · 1790255905 · focus · HN ↗

   In the world of arts/media, I think AI basically only has a future as a hidden thing. Openly admitting that you used AI to make something will be used against you, in order to dismiss your work. For a lot of people/things, it already is - see Hank Green, or the daily comments about "I don't want to read what you didn't write."

   Expect a massive marketing reversal in 6-12 months, when every "AI-powered" company removes the keyword from their home page.

   1. orangedog · 1790256742 · focus · HN ↗

      I really doubt it. I think more and more people will get used to it and accept it. It's not going anywhere. The best artists and creators will figure out how to use tech which empowers them and then what will the rest of the artists and creatives do? Refuse to engage with modernity? I doubt it.

      It only takes a single project to show it works to get other people jumping on board. Some amount of gamers are pretty vocal about it (though I'm sure it's being used in most studios these days in some fashion). If a company creates a game which embraces the "slop" and has great assets on a fun game are people going to avoid it? If that works out, will companies following them avoid it? That's just not how people work.

      1. archagon · 1790267471 · focus · HN ↗

         How does AI “empower” artists…?

         1. boorang · 1790318607 · focus · HN ↗

            you don't need to learn blender anymore. you can talk with the ai and describe what you want and iterate. all of the software tools used in media are now accessible to creative but not necessarily technical people.

            1. esarbe · 1790336979 · focus · HN ↗

               Just describing what you want doesn't make you an artist. It makes you a client.

               Just iteratively refusing what a stochastic generative algorithm presents to you doesn't make you an artist. It makes you a client with attitude.

               1. boorang · 1790343728 · focus · HN ↗

                  I mean i suppose it depends on if you think people using blender are artists. If you think the part that makes them creative is knowing to right click select blah do blah then I get your position. If you say "no, make the background fade out at this point, push the face to the foreground, and add some shadow behind", I really don't understand why knowing the specific keystrokes are the creative part.

                  But I think you know that and you're just straw manning.

                  edit- to be clear i'm talking about using existing software like logic pro, blender, etc. i'm not talking about generative AI.

                  1. archagon · 1790382417 · focus · HN ↗

                     A person using tools to make art is an artist (or craftsman). A person yelling directions at people or machines that make the actual art is a director, at best.

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