Weird take: the area where it will catch on first is children's book illustrations.
Any hand-wringing about this by consumer advocates or within the publishing industry will be met with the same thought-terminating cliche that anyone who has concerns about the quality of children's media should already be familiar with: "kids can't tell the difference." The devaluation you're talking about will enter an irreversible end-stage once the children raised on AI art are adults.
Oh yeah, there is a lot of very clever work being done in some quarters, but every time my mother-in-law goes to the dollar store she brings my daughter one of these ten-page-long whatchamacallits with no author listed, and they're always full of borderline-uncanny illustrations and imperfect rhyme. Sorry, this is a hot-button issue for me right now.
Weird take: the area where it will catch on first is children's book illustrations.
Any hand-wringing about this by consumer advocates or within the publishing industry will be met with the same thought-terminating cliche that anyone who has concerns about the quality of children's media should already be familiar with: "kids can't tell the difference." The devaluation you're talking about will enter an irreversible end-stage once the children raised on AI art are adults.
Nah, children’s illustrations are too stylised. They don’t lend themselves well to AI.
I’d expect AI to be used for more generic stuff first. Stock photos, fantasy/RPG art assets, porn, etc.
There is a lot of super-generic low-effort art happening in the "dollar-store children's books" space right now. The writing isn't much better.
That’s disappointing to hear. The ones I’ve seen recently (albeit at real bookshops) are of decent quality.
Oh yeah, there is a lot of very clever work being done in some quarters, but every time my mother-in-law goes to the dollar store she brings my daughter one of these ten-page-long whatchamacallits with no author listed, and they're always full of borderline-uncanny illustrations and imperfect rhyme. Sorry, this is a hot-button issue for me right now.
PowerPoint presentations. :corporate-art: