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enilea t1_j1lzimt wrote

Reply to comment by eve_of_distraction in The Impact of Generative AI Art on Society and Culture: Will It Replace Human Artists? by _Daneel_Olivaw

I saw a thread of Twitter where someone argued that they can't afford such high prices for art and some people replied it should stay that way because art has always been a luxury commodity. It's such a classist opinion coming from people who grew up privileged.

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eve_of_distraction t1_j1m46bo wrote

It's a tricky one, because some art is rare due to the artists being dead, etc. That means the market will value it's scarcity whether we like it or not. I agree though, the art world is absolutely filled with snobbery. Keep in mind I'm also talking about graphic design here, which I worked in for years. It can be a very economically unreliable profession to put it mildly.

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mocha_sweetheart t1_j1rr9pv wrote

I’m studying for graphic design stuff would you have any advice or recommendations on this?

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eve_of_distraction t1_j1swn9h wrote

I don't think there are any professions that are going to be safe from AI, so I would say it's worth continuing to study what interests us and do what we enjoy. We'll all be in the same boat economically as AI obsoletes so many fields of human work. We're going to need UBI as a society.

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PinguinGirl03 t1_j1mqx1p wrote

Art a luxury commodity? Art is everywhere. In books, on tv, in games, musea, billboards, whatever. It's hard to picture a media without art.

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