AI Art is the Symptom NOT the Problem 

Here's some relevant links: Art Station Protest: www.artstation.com/search?sort_by=date&query=NO%20to%20AI%20Art That Article on the the AI Lawsuit: www.theverge.com/2023/1/16/23557098/generative-ai-art-copyright-legal-lawsuit-stable-diffusion-midjourney-deviantart Pinterest's Earnings Report: investor.pinterestinc.com/press-releases/press-releases-details/2023/Pinterest-Announces-Fourth-Quarter-and-Full-Year-2022-Results/default.aspx#:~:text=SAN%20FRANCISCO%2D%2D(BUSINESS%20WIRE,over%20year%20to%20%242%2C803%20million. Seth Godin's Podcast: play.acast.com/s/akimbo/industries And buy my book! shop.mrjakeparker.com/

Something like 80% of the art on social media has the same "kinda disney" "kinda anime" "precious moments" "glamour portrait" look to it, and AI art does that look almost perfectly, especially in portrait form.

Thank you for talking about this. The problem is how hyper commercialized & how the industry standards have actually ruined art & process of making art. The technology is good because we always need to advance our methods & learn, but I always feel the need to have art done within the day even at my own expense. It's frustrating that big industry wants me to be a machine when I'm just a person. And I'm happy to create 💖

Agreed. I am an artist as well. I did study for a Bsc Computer Science an built websites right out of college and when SquareSpace came about it was the best thing. Because I didn’t have to do simple websites anymore or customise them fast for high margins. But the real kicker is that the amount of people interested in customized sites with fancy stuff increase - because they wanted something different - which costs way more because of time to develop. When I see these AI works, I see the same thing happening, a rise in demand of people wanting illustrations, paintings on canvas and sculptures and such because they want something diff, which ultimately drives up prices too

I can only repeat myself over and over: Kater to the people that value your work and the effort you put into it. Not the ones that would replace you with a cheaper version any time

Artists are very open-minded people. AI art could've been welcomed with open arms if the people pushing AI tech had any respect for artists at all. They wanted to fight us, they hate us. It's a shame, it didn't have to be like this. Oh well.

Yep. _All_ of this. I've had debates with artists who don't truly understand the threat of industrialized art, which actually predates the Internet (I'm old). We need to fight back. The points you outlined are very good, but the masses won't be able effect change with this without a collective driver. To that end, my company is developing a creator-driven OS/platform to combat this problem. We're scheduled for release ~Q3 of this year. Because you have a great handle on this issue and the remedies which fall directly in line with our goals, I'll contact you privately with details when our platform is complete, just to get your feedback. Talk to you then 👍

What I get from the video is embrace the change without giving up art and "your art", I agree with. Art has changed a lot during the years, think watch a Tom and Jerry cartoon, there's many artists involved, the musing was made by classic music bands, the cartoons were drawn and the backgrounds where like paintings, the character animations were very smart and powerful, filled with emotion. Now you see any modern cartoon and it is made with a digital software by making some frames and let software do the in-betweens, music? if there's any at all is pure simple, software generated crap, everything looks the same. Why? Because nowadays industry demands quick batches of comics to be released together quickly and that is what is consumed, so this kind of change already happened, just not as huge as with AI. As you say, I think the best people can do is to educate, know how the technology works, there are many artist that think their images are downloaded and stored in some hard drive and used in a kind of composition or mash-up and that is not the way it works. The technology is accessible kind of easily to anyone, and hence anyone can grab any images from the internet and process them to produce similar images using AI. So the problem is not the technology, but the people who use the technology incorrectly. Banning AI doesn´t solve anything, anyone can still study an artist and learn to produce something similar, it has being done for years but requires more art knowledge, AI does it faster and without requiring the art knowledge and that is the biggest change. Artists still can produce something new, new styles, new concepts, AI cannot do that, AI's only produce on what they were trained on and the input from whoever wants to use it. One thing I agree should be done sooner than better is a way to specify which images can be used by AI training or not besides the current intellectual property laws.

This is the best “take” on AI art I’ve yet heard, but of course that’s because I completely agree. 😎 That excellent Godin quote makes me think of the great french sociologist Jaques Ellul, who called industrialization’s pursuit of efficiency above all else “technique” and “the technical society.” “It is easy to boast of victory over ancient oppression, but what if victory has been gained at the price of an even greater subjection to the forces of the artificial necessity of the technical society which has come to dominate our lives?” ― Jacques Ellul, The Technological Society I think humanity is in more desperate need of hospitality and human connection than ever before, due to the effects “technique” has had on our lives. This is an opportunity for artists and other creatives to imagine environments to facilitate such! 😊

I had this exact thought that completely changed my view on ai art and mad me less apprehensive. When you think of who is benefits and who will be replaced, everything becomes clearer

I've been so annoyed by the discourse around AI art, it's been so reductive. I'm glad we finally got a nuanced take from someone with influence in this space

I learn the AI bot have been using photo on medical records and mugshots. I admit I don't like the AI bot, but people want to put rules and restrictions on it. I think there should be a watermark of the name of the program when it a generates artwork and list of reference on the work/photo in the description. I also think artist should get paid per work if they uploaded their artwork to the AI bot, so it would level out the fairness. As a mix media artist, I will keep making art and not give up! 🖒

When art become a content no wonder it gets industrialized and automated for mass production

Great video! The food industry analogy at the end is impactful. I question the "adapt or die" scenario. I believe in "negative inspiration" - "if thou, knowing good, behold evil, how great is that evil" and the like. Accordingly I avoid gore, traumatizing , grotesque, and imagery that makes a mockery of life. The use of image generators requires the suffering through of so many BAD outputs - I think it's okay to take the Miyazaki and Del Toro road and avoid it altogether.

I really like the timing of the music and the "flips" used to tell the video essay! That is really great and makes the video a lot more fun to look at.

as a small time animator myself i have problem with flash/puppet animation. i usually draw my animation by hand using a cheap viekk tablet. but a lot of people now using puppet animation where they draw the characters once. and then to animate they just have to drag the body, head, arms etc using the mouse. while i draw everything from body to feet each frame and color it again each frame which is time consuming. :( but i now have an idea how to compete with the puppet animator. it was experimental but still.

Lots of much-needed encouragement AND practical, actionable advice to be found here. Great video Jake!

Thank you for having an actual discussion about this. Sadly some industry professionals have been brushing it off as “it’s just a toy, don’t worry about it”.

Your video reminded me of a phrase from the movie world: First learn to make $1 cakes, make hundreds of them and sell them. When you master the technique, then make a fancy $50 cake, which will go to a more specialized market. The problem is, when we start doing art, we want to make the $50 cake, instead of starting simple and making money from there.

It's quite a complex subject that I can see from both that of a company and also an artist myself. If course, as a company, you want to pay out as little as you possibly can but also by getting the best work possible. If you don't produce good results then people won't use your company and often good results cost, unless you allow such companies to take advantage if you. One reason why you need to know both your good points and bad so that you can improve. That only comes with being honest with yourself. Companies will however still need people to use these tools and those who can get the best out of them, although they will require fewer people to do so. If you watch the making of Jurassic Park, you see that Phil Tippett, who was more of a stop motion animator, was afraid in some ways of what computers were able to do, fearing it would put him out of a job. However, he learned that both could be combined because he could pose the model in different positions and tge computer could interpolate between each one, even adding motion blur if needed. Not to mention of course adding the CG skin etc. A movie director, the owners of a magazine or book are each going to imagine in their minds what they want to see in their product and a computer isn't going to produce the right one right away, just as we artists often don't. Yes, there are already A.I tools that can change specific things that you point out to it but it still needs a human to tell it what it needs to do or create, the prompt. As an artist, you can use it to spark an idea, to take whatever it gives and add to it, change things. It might create a beautiful scene but not look as you wish it to in your mind. That's what makes you different and special. You have a unique ability, you have your own style and if you look at A.I, even though they can in a sense, mimic many styles, they still tend to have their own. Just look at A.I images and you will see that if you really look, they still have a style to them, no matter tge subject or styles they incorporate. A difference between you and them is and always will be only ever one of you. Your unique style and personality is something they don't have.

The coolest idea that I heard in relation to this is a law people in Europe have talked about. That is to make art made by the usage of AI uncopyrightable. So if for example a game company fires all their artists and replaces them with AI it's ok but all the assets that AI creates will be free to be used by anyone for any reason. I think this is the direction people should take this issue. Make AI something that you can't make money from. To that goal I think people should support FLOSS AI tools and discourage corporate ones. Make it so the tech is available to all people so that no one can charge for access to it. This way the tech will at least be used for the benefit of people rather than for profit.

Yep, it's not the tech but the people behind it and the fact that the whole point that many use the tool is for quick cheap art with put care to the artist nor the fact that it will continue to scan our art (even with education, just look at fashion) and flood our feeds which defeats the purpose of posting for exposure

Just ordered your spaceship book. Really looking forward to cracking it open.

Great takes, and I also see how industrialization has created this insane hype over AI that it can’t deliver on. Let’s not forget why and for whom we make art 👍

This is one of the few truly insightful videos I've seen on this hot topic. A couple things: 1) I'm really hoping the AI art boom revitalizes interest and value in actual physical art...paintings, photographic prints, etc. Happily, those things haven't ever really disappeared, but I've watched over the past few decades, a subtle shift in perception as things have moved onto screens, where we naturally talk about "images" rather than paintings, prints, etc....i.e., the image contained in and embodied by the physical artwork (if that even exists) gets the most attention (and consequent value)...not the art object itself, which a lot of times is kinda thought of as secondary, or even to some degree, as a leftover byproduct of its mass-distributed "real life". Seeing this flip even just a little bit would really make my world. The real value of a painting is only partly the "image" it depicts...it's also because there's only and will ever only be ONE. 2) Seth Godin consistently rocks HARD...highly recommended for all creatives.

Before AI ARt, my dream was to become a digital art tutor. However, it seems that AI ART will be commercialized before I work as a tutor. I don't know if this is something to be happy about. It becomes clear that things have become easier, and technological advances may deprive others of their right to pursue happiness. Developers need to know. Just like their intellectual curiosity, there are many people who started with motivation in other jobs. I hope that AI will replace developers in the distant future. Everyone will lose their jobs and eat government snacks. Or we could end up with a world where only a few rich people get married and only a few survive. Some people shed tears and the world changes.

This is probably the most objective video I've ever seen on the subject. Thanks Jake! I share this opinion, because when an artist paints on, say, canvas, he just can't make production cheaper, because paints, his time, it all affects the cost, but in CG these boundaries are blurred. CG artists themselves have devalued their work over the last 20 years to the point of impossibility. I'm horrified when a client comes to me and asks me to do an illustration for $200, it's a whole illustration, I'll work on it for a week or maybe more, and for him it could be a few cab rides. That's why I left this field and am doing other things, I only draw with natural materials now because it's not depreciated as much as I think it is. When you paint with your hands and paints - people understand what they're paying for, they understand that they're the only ones who have this work. But the stock industry devalued it all a long time ago and I honestly don't understand why people get so upset about AI, but have completely ignored the unhealthy competition between similar artists all along.

Jake, this was fantastic. The thoughts expressed, the cut of the scenes, and the comics/illustrations. Such a great video!

Great message Jake! I love the idea that culture may eventually be able to use automation to free up enough time to start refocusing on mastery. There will be a lot of growing pains along the way. Keep making great content and great art!

This was so clearly explained. Thank you so much for putting this one together. This really helps me understand the whole machine.

I do not admire traditional methods so much for the human signs of weakness, but rather because I can have the freedom to walk directly towards my destination, without the need to coax reluctant and limited machines to take me even to the right direction.

Thank you for doing this, I think it's a realistic BUT optimistic take on the whole situation.

This is a great video, Jake. Well thought out, well executed, and I like the music you've started adding to videos. In the last 3PP episode you mentioned not being great at video (in reference to kickstarter), but I think you're actually quite good and getting better. Thanks for addressing this issue, I think it's really important for folks to be educated on this because like you said, it isn't going away.

I heard a lot of AI enthusiasts saying this is democratising art, but the reality is it is industrialising and automating it. And I agree with you that this is just the continuation of a process that`s been going on for decades. I tried it out myself now, in certain areas it will quickly replace artists. These lawsuits are pretty much hopeless, and if for some weird reason they get thru, think about the consequences. That would question the fair use system, and it could end up on the chopping block.

I like to put my two cent on every video I watch. So Hope this help you on the alg. Industrialized comes in diferent form. When they come for clothes, they where shops about doing suit that fit you perfectly. Then Industrial comes an offer a cheaper experiences for a not so fit suit. On comic art, there is this "manga" where they industrialized how the character develop goes (a group of people with a distintive tic lets say). Reason why many mangas do not get an anime version of them (goes from paper to tv).

Your section showcasing the pros and cons are pretty much what resonates with the viewpoints from many viewpoints of artists who have been vocal and my views too. On a theoretical level, we can see its benefits, but we know that when it is applied to our current situation with the creatives industry, it falls flat because it isn't human driven anymore, it's machine driven and one that has zero safety net for many industries with extreme potential to collapse them.

Great video Jake! I really dig your take on this.

Instant gratification is what AI art is feeding. Everyone can draw but some draw better than others. AI allows those with lofty aspirations to get the results they want with minimal effort.

Now imagine that burgerking also offered the most nutritional food, served beautifully, nourished your body and you ate in a beautiful setting, like a restaurant. The only 'humanity' missing is the server (which will likely be the promt-specialist in this scenario). I think we're a little fooked... 😓

Brilliantly put Jake, thanks for this video. I have had so many artist friends/colleagues distance themselves from me and others over this issue. It's kind of saddening to watch creative people turn on each other over a philosophical difference i think. Like you say there is no stopping technological progress. But that doesn't mean technology is ruling the dominion of art ethically either. i know artists that are using this technology alongside more traditional artistic/image making skills, to good effect. It's like the apex of the "selling out" discourse of the arts. I'm glad i focused on the hand skills the way i did, but it's entirely plausible I over looked technological assistance when it was under my nose too. Best of luck with the new book. Thanks again

Great video! Your thoughts on AI art and Industrialized art were awesome, but I also enjoyed the handmade notes and drawings you filmed to accompany them. It added a really neat, creative, and personal touch! ^_^

Thank you Jake for caring for your fellow artists and educating us.

The advice at the end will only hurt the smaller companies making it free and open. That is a terrible idea.

The last line, Jake. Wow. You always hit the mark. Great work! This is one of the best take out there regarding this AI art issue.

Sincerely, this is the best take on AI imagery I’ve found thus far. Thanks for creating such an intelligent and nuanced piece.

I love whenever you post new videos about AI art. You seemed to be one of the first people to not only take this topic seriously, but actually give constructive guidance. I really appreciate it!! Thank you

This gave me some much needed hope as a struggling artist. Thank you.

Perfection! You got to the real bottom line. Thank you so much!! This is so encouraging and educational.

Finally, a reasonable take on this issue. I definitely agree with you on the 'adapt or die' thing. Artists always have new tools coming out for them to use and learn about and nothing's wrong with that. What -is- a problem is what you said: big companies taking art without consent to make product via AI generators. Corporate America's been ripping creatives off since forever; how many things can you think of that a fan has made that's become popular and that ends up being ripped off and made by the copyright-holding company? An example would be Disney-themed hair bows. Those were huge on Etsy and then Disney straight copied those to mass-produce and sell. How many times have big companies gotten free work from artists through holding contests for t-shirt designs or prints, and the fine print says even if you lose, the submission you sent is theirs to keep? Hot Topic runs contests like that all the time. With AI generators now existing, Corporate America now gets a new way of exploiting artists. That's what we need to be vigilant about. We needn't fight other artists if they use AI generators and/or support them existing.

Awesome video and thoughts as always, Jake! Thank you for posting this!

Thanks for this - I was trying to explain this to a friend the other day but this video explains it better.

Awesome video! I needed this! Thanks!!! (I can't help thinking bout Frank Herbert's ingenious take on the subject of "thinking machines"...)😁

We , as artists, also need to remember that art is not synonymous with pretty pictures. Art is when a person takes a medium and makes something with it that expands on the boundaries of that dimension. I have a video on my website called "what is art" if that interests anyone.

I agree with several things you said regarding AI, especially that now the technology is now here it isn't going away. I'm not a fan of text to image, but there are more options being added to the technology that I do think are useful, such as it coloring your line art, or further developing a rough sketch you've made. I use prefer using those features since it's building off something I've created and speeding up some part of the process for me, like exploring different color schemes/lighting.

It was a great video. We cannot stop these innovations. Better is to corporate with the new age innovations and on the other hand try to better understand ourselves because that is what society needs from us.

"The devices themselves condition the users to employ each other the way they employ machines.” ― Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune.

Awesome insights, Jake! Thanks for putting this together.

Love you, brother. Keep fighting the good fight.

Thanks for educating me on this topic. I am a fan of art and it is good to know the challenges IA poses. I checked out Sarah Webb and her webcomic Kochab.

Hey Jake, im a writer and an artist L, but when I am working there are some odd habits that I do such as sir with my legs up on a post by my desk and prefer to hand write everything (the same for art) are there any odd habits you do when working?

I love the Mickey D's comparison. That's the best analogy I've heard and you got me excited to go make art!

So well said: art is always about personal expression of who we are, plus how well we can produce and deliver meaningful results! In today’s technology we are bombarded with images that overload our receptors both sight and intuitive systems! When I see an image that moves me and pleases my senses I am satisfied in ways I can’t really describe: the artist has met a human need, conveyed a special priceless message! From cave drawings to our times it is best served human to human!

A well thought out and balanced look at this issue, thanks for putting this together.

I get what you're saying. I wonder if the industrial part comes more from the production of "media" rather than "art"? For a long time the popular experience of art has been through media products that hire artists to produce some kind of artistic/stylistic coherence within large-scale collaborative projects like movies, video games, or series of illustrated books. These kinds of projects tend to be managed by people who may or may not be artists, while numerous artists become subordinates within the project and exercise their art under "direction.". Now AI joins the ranks of subordinates and also expands the ranks of managers by facilitating production by smaller teams of hobbyists and semi-pros. I am not sure that this ultimately affects the artists, because the "manager" of the AI is ultimately indulging a pleasant delusion about creating "art." The sheer volume of this stuff will force a rethinking, or at least a minute segmentation, of the artistic qualities people expect. This might even be facilitated by the participation of more people in artistic decision-making, since they will at least have become aware of the elements of style and quality by making decisions similar to the ones that artists make. Current art education is deficient in this and not participative/appealing enough to motivate continued or deep learning and interest. I don't know if this is enough to counterbalance the replacement of artists by AIs in certain roles, but this was never artistic production anyway. Artists are looking to express a unique vision. Consumers of art are looking to identify themselves with a vision by possessing its icons. The artists can always find a place if they keep this in mind.

awesome video! love the ending with the food analogy !!!

Everything I do I make sure to be in the top ten percent. That keeps me worry free. Excellent video Jake, like always

You really put this situation into perspective. Not a lot of people have been successful at that. Makes me a bit less worried about my future creative endeavors.

It was an awesome video Jake! You analyzed this new AI trend in the best way possible. Thanks!

Love your video and your reflexion on that subject. I though of one invention that I think public reaction stop in our recent past... I'm thinking about the Google glasses. Maybe I don't see any but they exist in some form somewhere. Nevertheless, great subject on your part as usual. Thanks!

thanks for the video! I agree on most points and I would like to try AI myself, to implement it in my workflow! My question at the moment is: can we do it without supporting companies who have trained their models on non ethically acquired images? I don't want to use midjourney or stable diffusion, because I simply don't want to support the way they have been developed. Any other options out there?

I supported the Kickstarter, and I love my copy of Kepler's Spaceships!

thank you so much for the video!! this has been so good to hear, a great take on the whole debate!! fast food or slow food... great comparison^^

Good video. But here's the thing: IP law is...a *very* poisoned well, in my opinion. Insulin copyright hoarding is the biggest example, but Disney continuing to extend the copyright on Mickey Mouse, the horrible IP-squatting widow who went after a car building channel for making an "Eleanor" build, the RIAA in all its vileness, etc. Someone being able to make a "me too" derivative work might mean that the original has a little less value. But an IP troll might mean that the very act of creating something might be worse than having done nothing at all. IP law has vastly overstepped any well-intentioned original purposes, in my opinion, and is probably responsible for a tremendous deal of suffering at this point. As for AI: An AI model isn't trying to take someone's art to resell it without their consent. The AI doesn't care about Little Jimmy's picture of a stuffed pony. The AI simply wants to know what a pony is, and what a stuffed animal is. If Little Jimmy calls his drawing a picture of a stuffed pony, well, the AI will say "okay, I see your example of a stuffed pony. Thank you for better helping me understand what a stuffed pony is". And of course, the AI doesn't even see it as a picture--it sees it as RGB 0-255 layers, if I'm not mistaken. So, I believe the Thanos meme applies: "You took everything from me." "I don't even know who you are..." Even beyond that, it just means that image-generating firms need to take one more step to hire imitation artists if the original doesn't want his or her work vacuumed up by AI. Say someone like SamDoesArt would have a legal claim to remove all his images from every AI generator. Those companies might then hire Bob to draw images in the style of SamDoesArt, and then train their AI on Bob's images, maybe even associating the SamDoesArt tag to them as well. It'd just be a case of IP laundering more than anything else, since ultimately, what is it being copyrighted? Brush strokes? Pixels? A piece of music can have discrete sequences of notes copyrighted. A picture? Much more nebulous IMO. Furthermore, regarding compensation: Does Google compensate everyone on the web for having listed their websites? Of course not. Does RU-vid compensate every creator? Of course not. Etc. And I'm not even sure that an image-generating AI would even know which of its images get more use than another. That is, the mathematical expression that fits a straight line through some data has no knowledge of the data used to estimate its coefficients, once the coefficients are estimated. That is, say you regressed SAT math scores on age, parental income, student GPA, etc.--a prediction wouldn't say "well, these five points were closest" (though there *are* some non-parametric algorithms that might remember all of their data, such as K-nearest-neighbors). So while the idea of compensating individual artists might sound good at first, it just may not be logistically feasible.

This is an amazing video, but I also want to say that the book is amazing. I really enjoyed reading it, and it also inspires me when I am working on my own art.

reminds me of casey neistat's stuff! love that style with the topic of art, keep going!

eventually companies will eliminate themselves as the tools get better and simpler to use, this means that anyone will be able to create anything, and they will have to compete with millions of individual's creations.

There’s a company whose motto is faster, cheaper, better. Those 3 don’t usually happen together.

This is an awesome video congrats! And love the intriguing music (probably from a stock market place lol)

Thank you for the nuanced take! These things are worth saying and repeating. I wonder what's your opinion, though, on the copyright term and the ethics of it? I feel that if copyright hasn't been misused and the term remained around 14-28 years, there wouldn't be a conflict: the accumulated public domain would be enough to train competent AIs without legal trickery. I feel this always needs to be said when talking about ethical datasets, otherwise the argument is one-sided.

Jake absolutely love your art! It would be great to see you do an adventure with a character like Jack Kirby's KAMANDI THE LAST BOY ON EARTH. Your imagination and art style are absolutely perfect for that character. In your hands, Kamandi and the cast of characters you would create for him to encounter would be very cool and exciting.

Regulation is a very bad idea. The reason for this is in the U.S. corporations hold more power over government and the actual form regulations take than the people do. Every time a regulation has been introduced for anything in the U.S. the people lose the advantage of the technology, but corporations are handed a monopoly on it. Remember when there was the huge push to regulate drones, and the images we were shown on social media were military drones? The regulation that was passed restricted small business startups from using drones commercially and established loop holes for large corporations to use them unfettered. Meanwhile there was no change to the operation of military drones. This is nothing new, drug regulations originally created to prevent an opioid crises in the 1920s resulted in the doctors who were handed control of prescriptions creating an epidemic while generating huge costs for healthcare to the people. The emission regulations of the clean air act increased "safe" CO2 emissions to prevent NOx, and even with climate change they have never repealed those laws that increase CO2 emissions which were pushed by the oil industry. I will go on. The Payola laws that prevented small radio stations from spinning each others records and forcing radio stations to use program directors and record charts built from record sales ensured that small artists and studios were forced out of the music industry allowing the large studios to form monopolies. AI regulations would involve congress consulting with large respected technology corporations and building legislation based on their recommendations. Their recommendations will be self serving and ensure they have a monopoly on the technology. Behind the scenes their lobbyists will push our representatives to cater to the desires of large corporations.

Thanks for sharing, truly something worth discussing here and now.

My big question is should I still pursue art as a legitimate career?

People are still believing (somehow, history and AI companies behavior should make it obvious otherwise) that you just need to "adapt" and become an AI "artist" or "prompt crafter" as they try to sell now. But these same companies are just building another dataset with all these "free work" of prompts and results to also automate this part of the "AI". They wanna sell (or are just paid to create, let's be honest about who puts money into these companies) the full package to the industry, not something that still needs a "middleman".

Agree. I am a musician. I saw all this coming as it was already happening, the AI bots are merely this in action - as you indicate. While I agree with naming the corporate and SM players is valid, like you say later in the program, the real issue must lie with the consumer and their desire for real Art, for Humanity. As you say, be more human. Huge A-effing-men on engaging with others. Too many separate, divide, and this plays to those looking to take more than they give. Art gives more than it takes. I spent $20 on my favorite album, I could never put a price on what it has given me. :-)

Thank you for this video! You really put the issue into the correct perspective! I am an artist and I enjoy AI renders. I enjoy seeing how folks have created interesting things like those "___ as an 80s Dark Fantasy" or "____ as a sitcom" compilations. They might not be "artists" but those folks still set up something creative that can trigger inspiration for greater things. I think AI has the potential to add to creativity.

Yup, the comics industry forced me to "become" an AI before AI. For every single job, I had to change my art style or I would lose my job, plain and simple. Then, 20 years later, I never established my own artistic voice. The only thing I developed was... low self-esteem XD Industry wants to pay the lowest money possible because you get only 10%(or less) of gross revenue after taxes and manufacturing costs. I kind of understand their greediness. And I'm talking about the comic book "industry". I don't know the reality of other industries.

I have been saying this, AI image generator is much like invention of car. Big step forward for humanity, but only if it is kept under control. Can you imagine if cars went public before traffic law were passed? Nobody would dare walk the street. Right now we need laws that benefit both parties instead of one sided siphon of Artist by the AI company. It is good to see someone with the same view on this subject. There is no stopping AI technology, the only thing we can do is to adapt and keep it under control.

I'm not artist myself but I wanted to be a filmmaker and creative writer someday, but I cannot deny the fact that AI has kinda ease my writer's block after I feed my ideas to the prompt and gave me what I wanted. But I'm scared that it could somehow block my dream job of becoming either those two because of AI especially they're already tackling video soon and probably even editing. But thankfully that AI doesn't have the ability to do storytelling by its own without any human interaction, at least for now. And I hope that I'm truly wrong about this weird and current phobia I have on AI technology of wiping out hundreds, thousands or even millions of jobs and livelihoods away by a bunch of greedy industries. But in a personal level, I believe that AI could be a wonderful tool similar to searching on Google about ideas or questions in your head that can you make your job easier and efficiently but it still needed to be regulated for better or for worse and even the betterment for all.

Thank you so much! We need more people talk about it. I have similar thoughts, the whole week. I really like the clear and awesome points and suggestions you did here! GREAT STUFF!

This is probably the freshest take I've seen on AI (or IA in this case) yet. I definitely agree with being cool with AI if it does follows the guidelines you laid out.

Idk I'm still stuck on this issue, I probably won't stop doing art, and I understand the issue with industrialized art, but Idk is it weird or wrong for me to still want a job in what I enjoy. For me, it comes to legislation or legal matters of raising pay for the work people do to make AI not as a problem for some. But I still want to either make my own comic because I want to make my own story not just for money. I see it the same way with animators. For me, I don't see wanting to make some money on the side while doing what I enjoy a problem cause, cause why not, I can support myself a bit and still be doing something I like doing. Idk, maybe it's a bad take, but that's just how I feel about it. At the end of the day, I wish artists were just treated better in the industry.

This is the most optimistic video I’ve seen about AI.

Can you do a video of you redrawing one of your old pieces of art from school. So that we can see how you’ve advanced etc? And can you talk about things that have inspired you and what made you get better. Thanks. (BTW, big fan and I love your books!)

Industrial art production. There was a time when an artist sold a painting, for which they got paid well, but now everything is print and digital reproduction added to which competition is MASSIVE. Basically the industry is dead and will have to reinvent itself. Like say music and sport, those making big dollars do so from marketing and advertising and not ticket and music product sales. No one makes enough money to live by selling records anymore because a song is no longer a tangible product. Yes people still pay to donwload them but it's the core focus of the industry any longer. Time for a rethink.

I'm conducting a "social experiment" on my social accounts to see if AI designs achieve greater responses and interactions than the actual pieces I've created. As a woodworker, I don't see AI image generators having nearly as much of an impact as say "traditional" visual artists. With that being said, the potential for misuse is being sooooo understated.

this is actually pretty hopeful!. thanks for putting up a great video

Adapt or die. Is one of the most used sayings in my vocabulary. This is so important. Thanks Jake

I don´t know how I missed this video months ago, but it´s really great! One of my favorite so far in discussing AI on art. One could get more political and delve deeper into the symptom and in my opinion the answer is: Modern Feudal Capitalism, the system core is: "profit or disappear", so the very fundamental structure is amoral and unethical on it´s base level, otherwise you cannot profit, quite simple once you think about it.

Thank you very much for this video!! I have thought about ai a lot, and this made me feel really sad and anxious. After watching your video I felt much better, and remembered why i have started to draw