I've been thinking a lot about AI created/assisted art lately. With modern specialized printers, you can print on canvas and create AI "paintings", and someone will probably adapt additive manufacturing to create the layering effect of oil and acrylic paintings. You may some day soon be able to purchase a Van Gogh reproduction, down to the color and brush strokes. With additive manufacturing, scupture is also not immune to this technology, though exceptionally large and/or complex sculptures with multiple media might be some ways off from reproductions. The point is though, the market for creative content, be it writing, images or art, will become saturated with high quality imitations and/or AI patterned products.
People like to make predictions, but I just have more (rhetorical) questions. Will this make fine art more accessible? WIl art's impact on society be diminished? Will the value of art in people's lives decrease... or increase? Will artists be even more unable to make a living in such a market than they already have difficulties doing? Will all of these innovations morph into just another toolset for artists or bring a flood of "art scriptkiddies" that will saturate the market, forcing out artists trying to make a living?
All rhetorical questions as I said. I'm not looking for answers, especially since there is a lot of evolution in these technologies that still has to play out, but it's worth keeping an eye on and spending time considering.
