by Chris Yoko
You’ve undoubtedly heard that AI is ringing the death knell for the creative arts. In fact, its impending demise is one of the few conversations I have regularly with people across all walks of life. The most interesting opinions tend to come from those who are practicing their art; writers, photographers, illustrators, animators, filmmakers, painters, actors (screen and voice), personalities, designers, developers, singers, musicians, etc.
As AI continues to make art easier to create, it does not diminish the personal value of creating art, it diminishes the commercial value of creating art. Largely because the buyers of the art are not paying for the artists’ experience of creating the art, they are paying for their own experience of consuming the art.
While the thing being bought and sold, being created and consumed, is the same tangible “good”, the experience being purchased is entirely independent.
The great thing about technology, like AI, is that as it makes art easier to create, we get more art and more artists. Neither the act of creating, or consuming, art is diminished by these advances, in fact, the opportunities to do both of these things increase.
By Galina Toktalieva
Author, photographer