The REAL Fight Over AI Art

Great video! It raises a lot of fascinating questions. Especially for political economy.

Universal basic income may become more  appealing to the general population as the AI Renaissance progresses. In cooperation with advancing robotics it is going to put a major squeeze on the job market in every industry over the next two decades. Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution we have seen technologies displace jobs while creating new ones. It is difficult to imagine what new types of jobs will emerge as AI displaces current jobs. Because of the nature of AI whatever new jobs that emerge AI, in time ( much sooner than later), would likely replace those too. I think AI/robotics will challenge the efficacy of capitalism as it currently exists and many who have sung the capitalist song may end up whistling a different tune.

This is just the beginning of what AI can do in the creative world. I am imagining that it is already having a major impact on the freelance art community. For instance why would a music artist commission a visual artist for an album cover? For less than a dollar DALL-E can provide amazing options,  fine-tuned to the musician's liking in minutes if not seconds. 

I believe it's going to be a few years before we start noticing significant impacts on the  part and full-time employed creative job market, but it's coming.

I tried DALL-E last night. It is pretty incredible. It would be wise for artists to take the threat of this technology seriously. I used to be a artist in the game industry. If I was still in that career I might begin aiming more of a decision-making position. AI, like Thanos, is inevitable.