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Kaarssteun t1_iw4xvvw wrote

Yep. There's people depending on art as a job, and through the market of commissions not being nearly as lucrative as it was before, they are losing their dream job. That deserves sympathy.

However dehumanizing this next point might sound, it is extremely important. Everyone must realize AI is on its way, and let go of the solid societal belief that labor is essential to living a comfortable life. It might no longer be so in the (near) future. Artists are simply the first to take this irreversable bullet; and that's causing some incredible exposure.

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Johnny_Glib t1_iw56a35 wrote

>artists are simply the first to take this irreversible bullet

First? Don't make me laugh. Manufacturing jobs have been lost to automation for decades, it's just they were working class jobs so no one cared. Now the precious middle classes are losing their jobs, suddenly there's a panic and "something must be done".

Every time a graphic designer loses their easy overpaid job an angel gets their wings.

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Kaarssteun t1_iw56lk3 wrote

This one's different, given it's by AI that shows no signs of stopping, in a field that was believed to be irreplacable. That bullet hits different from job replacement. This is job purging, with huge ramifications.

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visarga t1_iw8udqf wrote

I don't believe it's a purge, it is a transformation. There is more potential for art now than before, but more evenly spread out.

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cwallen t1_iw5a1ug wrote

For that matter how many accountants would have been employed 50 years ago to do the job of one with excel today?

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BearStorms t1_iw5j1jt wrote

Happened to accountants like a decade plus ago already.

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