The REAL Fight Over AI Art

Great video! Personally, I say artists who feel threatened by these technologies need to _adapt or perish._ I'm old enough to remember when 'copy & paste' in the graphic arts world involved an X-ACTO knife and a paste-up waxer. Graphics software didn't put all those people out of work, it gave them the tools to do their jobs more efficiently and pushed their creativity to new heights. It also gave people who didn't possess that skillset access to the tools...but it didn't put the ideas in their head or teach them _why_ a design works.

And that's what artists need to remember; they are more than _the doing,_ they're also the _why,_ and the imagination which drives the creative process. These AI technologies are tools, and they're almost useless to anyone without the imagination to craft interesting prompts or a sense for what results are any good and how to refine them.

I believe these technologies also represent an incredible opportunity for people with the imagination and technical prowess, but without the artistic ability to properly express their ideas. And at the end of the day, anyone opposed to that is going to look small and petty.